There has been hope over the decades that the world would move toward a less nuclear-armed situation. The last bilateral strategic arms control treaty, new start, is effectively now dead in the water,. multilateral efforts to engage in good faith arms reductions appear to have just sort of completely stagnated.
For decades, a delicate strategy of deterrence kept Russia and the US from nuclear war. With China upping its nuclear ambitions, things are about to get a lot more complicated.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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