Bonus Ep! Bring on the Nukes

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Nuclear arms control, RIP. The expiration of the New START treaty, agreed in 2010, marks the end of an era that began in 1972 with the first major U.S.-Soviet strategic nuclear arms pact brokered by Nixon and Brezhnev. In this episode, weapons control expert Joe Cirincione reflects on the new arms race underway and the potential for more countries to take the nuclear leap, plunging the planet into a dangerous new era.

Recommended reading:

The Greatest Nuclear Threat by Joe Cirincione (Strategy & History newsletter)

Why Trump Let Nuclear Arms Control Die by Stephen Holmes (Project Syndicate)