About this episode
Are we in the middle of a new Cold War? Or have we rewritten the game? With old nuclear arms treaties expiring, and no new ones being signed, are we adapting to the times or playing with fire?
In this episode, we look at the past and present of civil defense and nuclear arms control and ask what we can do — as individuals and as a nation — to prevent the existential threat of nuclear war.
GUESTS: Alex Wellerstein, professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology and historian of nuclear weapons; Alexandra Bell, Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation.
ADDITIONAL READING:
Trump Will Withdraw From Open Skies Treaty, New York Times.
Time Running Out on the Last US-Russia Nuclear Arms Treaty, Defense News.
Will Donald Trump Resume Nuclear Testing?, The Economist.
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