India's Advancements in Nuclear Capabilities and Concerns Over China's Growing Military Power

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Discussion on India's testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile with Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs), highlighting the advantages of MIRVs for nuclear strategy. The chapter also addresses India's concerns about China's rapid military advancements and the implications on India's nuclear deterrence strategy, touching on historical arms race parallels and the evolving global nuclear landscape.

When you look around the world, and at a wider set of measures, Generation Z are far better off than the popular narrative would have you believe. We examine what India’s push to soup up its nukes means for the global arms race (09:30). And even as global fertility rates fall, sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a relative baby boom (17:11).

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