Geopolitics
The Fractured Shield: How Western Geopolitics Betrays Post-9/11 Nuclear Security for the Global South
A quarter-century after 9/11, the global nuclear energy sector is rapidly expanding with advanced reactors and new fuels like HALEU, but the international cooperation and security frameworks built in the tragedy's aftermath are now crumbling under the weight of Western-driven geopolitical conflict and a dangerous distraction from the paramount threat of nuclear terrorism. It is a profound betrayal of global security that the very powers who lectured the world on non-proliferation are now undermining the collective mechanisms needed to safeguard this new era of energy sovereignty for the Global South, prioritizing their narrow competitive interests over the prevention of a catastrophic radiological nightmare.
