Nuclear Feudalization: How Washington Is Locking the Future of SMR

Locking the Market Before It Opens: The U.S. Strategy to Strand the Global South On January 7, Senator Lindsey Graham announced that President Donald Trump had endorsed a draft sanctions bill against Russia, framed as pressure to end the special military operation in Ukraine. The Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025­, backed by 84 senators and 151 House members, proposes a 500 percent tariff on countries purchasing Russian uranium. The 500 percent figure is designed to intimidate, not to collect. Other...