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The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 3: The nuclear threat

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Moment of Nuclear Optimism

There was a moment in the late two to ans when things looked like they might be a little bit different, right? At first, brocco bama was elected president. He really was somebody who seemed to believe the world would be better off with dramatically fewer or maybe no nuclear weapons at all. And then when he came into office, there were some ing on that policy,. Culminating in the new start agreement between the us. and russia - which is a major strategic arms limitation. But you may not know that for five years, boy ami, by the time o bomba took office i suspect it was too late. I actually think that moment of nuclear optimism was

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