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  • $\begingroup$ America has not yet signed the landmine treaty. $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 11, 2020 at 15:07
  • $\begingroup$ The landmine treaty is a very good example. None of the major powers have signed the landmine treaty, it's signed only by those who don't expect to go to an actual war, and everyone who expects to benefit from the use of landmines won't sign. The same applies to nuclear weapons, the countries who expect to benefit from them will want to keep the option of using them - they will, of course, agree that using nuclear weapons is bad and that they should be used only as deterrent in retaliation, and refrain from casual use (as we do now), but simple disfavor isn't enough to give them up fully. $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 11, 2020 at 20:46
  • $\begingroup$ @JustinThymetheSecond The landmine treaty primarily wasn't signed by the USA because of the Korea conflict. It's argued there is no good alternative to keep the DMZ actually demilitarized as-much-as-possible without them. That's why they'd only comply to the Ottawa treaty with an exception for that area. It was mostly accepted under Obama, but Trump reversed a lot of the restrictions again. So it's lot more complicated than 'not yet signed', really. South Korea never signed it, IIRC. $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 12, 2020 at 20:20
  • $\begingroup$ See for example Reuters Trump eases restrictions on land mine use by U.S. military $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 12, 2020 at 20:24