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Global issues: Nuclear Proliferation - Washington Nuclear Summit

Owen Moelwyn-Hughes

12th April 2010

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President Obama is hosting a summit of forty-seven nations in Washington focused on securing nuclear materials from terrorists and criminals - a key part of this agenda is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. The summit in Washington may produce commitment to a plan for securing nuclear materials, largely because of President Obama’s seeming willingness to commit the U.S. to nonproliferation and disarmament goals.

More analysis will undoubtedly be available when the summit wraps up tomorrow. Here are a few helpful links:

BBC Ukraine ‘in uranium pledge’ at US nuclear summit Obama’s ambitious nuclear security summit US President Barack Obama warns of nuclear terrorism Could terrorists get hold of a nuclear bomb?

Here is a link to the Nuclear Security Summit’s website.

More from today’s papers…. Guardian: Pakistan nuclear weapons at risk of theft by terrorists, US study warns The Times: Obama has shown skill in promoting his nuclear agenda

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Owen Moelwyn-Hughes