After the discovery of a covert nuclear program in Iraq in 1991, the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) role transformed from promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy to verifying compliance with nonproliferation agreements. Over the next decade, the nuclear programs of three other countries - the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, South Africa, and Libya - further tested the IAEA's ability to locate nuclear weapons and dismantle them.
Iran Talks, Greece Crisis Open Make-or-Break Week for West
Welcome to what could turn out to be the most important, and potentially the most destructive, week in international diplomacy since the end of the Cold War.
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