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Don't Ignore the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Togzhan Kassenova)

Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Site Office Source- The National Interest Author-  Togzhan Kassenova Just in time for the annual appearance of cherry blossoms, fifty-two heads of state will come to Washington to discuss nuclear security. The fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit, launched by President Barack Obama in 2010, will take stock of the progress made in securing vulnerable nuclear material over the last six years. Thanks to the summit process, nuclear security, which was previously relegated to small groups of mainly Western bureaucrats and nuclear nerds, has become a prominent issue on the international stage. Major media outlets cover it, governments around the world have been forced to learn about it and greater understanding exists of why protecting nuclear material is critical to international security. Despite the buzz that these regular meetings of heads of states have generated, many states a