nonproliferation

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Instead, the country’s nuclear ambitions have primarily focused on defense and nonproliferation efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

Lee, the nonproliferation expert, said that the attack on Iran, which was the first real-world use of the United States’ bunker-buster bombs, may have been a boon to North Korea.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 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.)