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1968 UN NUCLEAR WEAPONS TREATY HAS STALLED SINCE 2015 AS STATES FAIL TO REACH A CONSENSUS

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Carne Ross quit UK diplomacy over Iraq — then rewrote the rules.

Ross was Britain's Iraq expert at the UN Security Council before the 2003 war. After resigning over the intelligence case for invasion, he founded Independent Diplomat — the world's first nonprofit advising stateless and marginalized groups on diplomacy.

This storyIs the 22% rise in U.S. nuclear spending justified?

  • Yes — global threats demand it 0%
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Nuclear states also refused to sign the 1997 Ottawa land mine ban.

The US, Russia, and China never signed the Ottawa Treaty banning land mines — just as they've refused the nuclear ban treaty. Major powers have a long pattern of rejecting disarmament treaties that threaten their military posture.

This storyWill the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ever reach consensus again?

  • Yes — within the next decade 0%
  • Only if major powers compromise 0%
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  • A new treaty will replace it 0%

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This storyWhat was the last major U.S. military engagement against Iranian forces before recent strikes?

  1. Operation Praying Mantis
  2. Operation Desert Strike
  3. Operation Earnest Will
  4. Operation Nimble Archer
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Operation Praying Mantis

This storyThe 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review stalled in what year?

  1. 2005
  2. 2010
  3. 2015
  4. 2020
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2015

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