nonproliferation

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In recent days, South Korea’s top nuclear envoy called for more global urgency in the push to dismantle the Kim Jong Un regime’s atomic bombs, calling it the world’s “most pressing” nonproliferation challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

“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

“And this means that traditional nonproliferation concerns over Saudi Arabia have really subsided over the last few years,” Thakker said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 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

In 1977, the Administration announced its nuclear nonproliferation policy and initiated the International Fuel Cycle Evaluation.

From State of the Union Address by Carter, Jimmy