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will address important issues like arms control, nuclear terrorism and non-proliferation. His predecessor, George W. Bush, also talked about arms control and disarmament. But there is a big difference between stating a goal and taking concrete steps toward that goal. The road ahead will be arduous.There will be no shortage of discord at the summit, which will be attended by nuclear states that have not signed the NPT (Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea), states that are not in compliance with their treaty obligations (Iran and North Korea) and the "old" nuclear states (the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China). They are unlikely to find common ground any time soon. But it would be enough to emerge from the summit with some general political declaration. This would at least be a step in the right direction.
Let"s hope the summit doesn"t devolve into a nuclear trial of Iran and North Korea, or a forum for pressuring these countries with the threat
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