NPT Conference Collapses in Acrimony

The diplomats wrangled for weeks

Published June 1, 2005

The abysmal failure of diplomats from 188 nations to agree on Friday to anything at all -- not a single document or proposal -- means that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has reached the greatest crisis point since its inception in 1968. In fact, the entire nuclear non-proliferation regime faces its greatest and most daunting threat ever, augmented by the United States' decision to pull-out of the Anti-Ballistic...

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