Episode Details

Pascal Lottaz speaks with Ivana Nikolić Hughes of Columbia University and Peter Kuznick of American University about the NPT review conference, nuclear deterrence, first strike thinking, Trump and launch power, pressure for more states to seek nuclear weapons, the role of US allies in the Gulf, Europe and Japan, and the small but real hope offered by the nuclear ban treaty and public action.

Links:

Ivana Nikolić Hughes at Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: https://www.wagingpeace.org/ivana_nikolic_hughes/

Ivana Nikolić Hughes at Columbia University: https://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/fac-bios/nikolic/faculty.html

Peter Kuznick at American University: https://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/kuznick.cfm

The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick: https://www.simonandschuster.net/books/The-Untold-History-of-the-United-States/Oliver-Stone/9781982102531

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:24 Global danger and NPT review

00:05:05 Proliferation pressures rise

00:08:38 Deterrence and first strike risk

00:17:26 Disarmament failure and collapse

00:23:19 Iran and the limits of war

00:29:28 Trump and nuclear launch power

00:43:42 US allies and security shifts

00:56:17 Nuclear ban treaty and final hope