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Failure of nuclear non-proliferation

The failing diplomatic effort to contain the bomb’s spread By Bennett Ramberg — Special to GlobalPost

December 16, 2009
LOS ANGELES — On Nov. 26 in his final report to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors before retiring after a long distinguished career, Director General Mohamed ElBaradei dared to utter what no other senior public figure would about Iran’s nuclear portfolio: “We have effectively reached a dead end.”

Coming from the individual who has done the most to coax Tehran away from developing a nuclear weapons breakout capacity, the statement proved to be stark acknowledgement that diplomacy has failed.

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December 17, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons