Tariq Rauf
Former head of verification and security policy coordination at the International Atomic Energy Agency, with expertise in nuclear safeguards, safety and security.
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Jun 28, 2025 • 24min
Who decides who can have nuclear arms?
Tariq Rauf, former Head of Verification and Security Policy at the IAEA, and Tariq Ali, historian and editor at the New Left Review, dive into the complex world of nuclear arms. They discuss who holds the authority over nuclear proliferation, stressing the disparities created by treaties like the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The conversation also highlights how military actions by the US and Israel might spark a desire for nuclear capabilities in other nations. The implications for global security and emerging candidates like Poland and Japan are particularly unsettling.
Apr 6, 2026 • 26min
Why has Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant been targeted?
Alicia Sanders-Zakre, nuclear disarmament policy lead focused on humanitarian impacts; Abas Aslani, Middle East security analyst with Iranian perspective; Tariq Rauf, former IAEA verification chief with safeguards expertise. They discuss why Bushehr has been struck, the plant's vulnerability and environmental risks, legal prohibitions on targeting reactors, and how attacks affect verification, regional stability and public safety.
