Sorry, here you make a severe mistake:
Nuclaer weapons in the hands of a strong government may be a bonus, no real dispute.
However, nuclaer weapons in a state, that is in danger of becoming a failed state, may only accelerate the decline: there are fights within the state for the weapons and there is the high possibility that a neighbour uses the situation to secure imported weapons or dstroys production facilities.
Nuclaer weaopons neither prevent a state from becoming a failed state nor do they transform a failed state into a functioning state again. Therefore, Pakistan is an example with very limited value.
IMHO the Ukrainian government would be stupid to set the acquisition of nuclear weapons on the agenda.
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