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

As Sneider notes, this would be a “sharp departure” from Russia’s age-old policy on nuclear nonproliferation.

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2024

In addition to building upon existing initiatives to secure materials, we are developing innovative approaches that blend classic counterproliferation, nonproliferation, and counterterrorism efforts.

From National Strategy for Combating Terrorism September 2006 by National Security Council (U.S.)