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of more sanctions. Few doubt that it was initially devised as such, at least in part. The question is whether it will maintain its global focus or narrow in on Iran and North Korea.One thing is clear: we shouldn"t expect too much from it. Any decisions that come out of the summit could only have practical significance if the nuclear disarmament process was actually underway now. As it is, nuclear disarmament is a plan for the distant future. As long as the world is divided into powerful nuclear states, "nuclear teenagers" like India, Pakistan and Israel, and "nuclear brats" like Iran and North Korea, the latter two categories will always feel that the world is infringing on their sovereign nuclear rights.
Obama seems to be working toward a Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty (FMCT), but he is far from a pioneer or messiah on the issue. FMCT was first discussed in the late 1950s. Obama and Medvedev discussed FMCT preparations during their previous meeting in Moscow
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