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A Nuclear Curse and a Nuclear Blessing

The decline of the United States is mirrored in the rise of Russian and Chinese nuclear energy reactors being built across the Middle East and beyond

By Selim Sazak

This entry was posted in Civilian Nuclear Energy, Defense and Military Affairs, Multilateral Cooperation and Diplomacy, Nonproliferation of WMD on July 20, 2020 by Bridget Leahy.

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