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Bookshelf: Why the U.S. Failed to Contain North Korea’s Nuclear Threat 22 January 2026 at 06:40

Bookshelf: Why the U.S. Failed to Contain North Korea’s Nuclear Threat

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By: Guest Writer

22 January 2026 at 06:40

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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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When Barack Obama took over the US presidency in 2009, North Korea could barely muster one nuclear weapon and had just a handful of missiles that could reach Japan. Yet despite tight international sanctions, tough external pressure and on-again-off-again negotiations, barely a decade later Pyongyang had managed to develop advanced nuclear weapons capable of striking cities in the continental United States.

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Small Modular Reactors and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 29 December 2025 at 06:36

Small Modular Reactors and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

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By: Guest Writer

29 December 2025 at 06:36

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NUCLEAR RISKS

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Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are widely heralded as the next major leap in civilian nuclear energy. Promising enhanced safety, modular scalability and carbon-free electricity, they are viewed as a crucial innovation for global decarbonization and energy security. However, beneath this optimism lies a growing unease within the nuclear policy community relating to the proliferation and safeguards challenges that SMRs pose to the existing global nuclear governance system, notably the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).