nonproliferation

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“It’s incredibly surprising and disappointing to see the U.S. take this position,” said Eric Brewer, deputy vice president for the Nuclear Materials Security Program at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a Washington-based nonproliferation think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

As the nonproliferation expert Andrea Stricker put it, the regime’s clear purpose was “to maintain the means to produce nuclear weapons fuel at a time of its choosing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

“I think that our view on our nuclear program and the nonproliferation regime will witness changes, but it is not possible to say in what direction.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025

Everyone involved—the presidents, the diplomats who spent months negotiating the precise terms, and British officials, who later signed the deal as well—viewed it as mainly a measure to promote nuclear safety and nonproliferation.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2024

This latter agreement—the nonproliferation treaty—is now pending in the Senate and it has been pending there since last July.

From State of the Union Address by Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines)