The first review conference (RevCon) of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in seven years ended in New York without producing a consensus final document last week, including collective condemnation of North Korea’s nuclear weapons development.

During the monthlong 10th RevCon, non-nuclear weapons states focused on the dim prospects for global nuclear disarmament amid intensifying great power competition. Meanwhile, Western states focused on Russia’s conduct in the lead-up to the conference — including its invasion backed by implicit and explicit nuclear threats, deliberately dangerous conduct near Ukrainian nuclear facilities and recent moves to share nuclear weapons with