#58 – Carl Robichaud on Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War

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Introduction

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The Risk of Nuclear War in 2022

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Russia's Coercive Threat

05:37 • 2min

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Is There a Difference Between Nuclear Risk and Climate Change?

07:44 • 2min

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Putin Miscalculated the Level of Resoluteness

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Russia's Use of Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine?

12:14 • 5min

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Risks From Nuclear Weapons in the Next Few Decades

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The Status Quo Is Not Stable

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The Status Quo in Non-Proliferation?

22:35 • 5min

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Is the IAEA a Good Agency?

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Is the IAEA a State-Level Concept?

30:38 • 2min

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Is the CTBTO Detecting Covert Tests?

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Is There an Arms Race?

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Is There a New Arms Race?

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Is Russia Fearing US Missile Defenses?

39:41 • 6min

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Do You Know What Project Retro Is?

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Is There a Future for Missile Defense?

47:15 • 4min

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Is China Increasing Its Nuclear Arsenal?

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Is It Easier to Find Things?

52:51 • 2min

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Is Stuxnet a Separate Thing?

54:54 • 3min

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Is Stuxnet the Most Sordid Piece of Software Ever Written?

58:02 • 2min

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Cyber Espionage and Intelligence

59:40 • 3min

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Air Gap Systems Are Not Connected to the Internet, Right?

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The Cuban Missile Crisis

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What We Learned From the Soviet Archives During the Cold War

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Did You Know About the Submarine?

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Are There Any Near Missed Stories?

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The Human Missile Crisis - Is There a Risk?

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What's the Nature of Nuclear Briarsmanship?

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Lessons From the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Is There a Risk of Systems Failure?

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Nuclear War

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Nuclear Risk in Peacetime Is Different From Nuclear Risk During War

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Avoid Nuclear War - Avoid Points of Failure

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Nuclear Weapons Development in a Different Time?

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The Moment of Contingency in the History of the Nuclear Age

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How Easy Is It to Develop Nuclear Weapons?

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Is There a Future for Nuclear Weapons?

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Artificial Intelligence Is One Possible Future

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The Key Bottlenecks for Nuclear Weapons Technology

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The Development of the Hydrogen Bomb

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Reagan and Gorbachev Meeting in Reykjavik

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Are You Saying This? And You Can Read His Diary, Right?

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Nuclear Weapons

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The New Yorker - Part Three

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What's the Point of the Arms Race?

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What Are Tactical Nukes?

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How Many Tons of TNT Equivalent Means?

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The TPNW

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Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

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Is This Treaty Worth It?

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What's the Future of Nuclear Weapons?

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What Can Philanthropy Do With Nuclear Weapons?

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The Role of Citizens and Citizen Activists and Journalists

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What Scientists Can Do Outside of Government?

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The Non-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

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What Did the Soviets Do After the Non-Lugar Plan Was Implemented?

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What's the Funding Picture for Nuclear Philanthropy?

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The MacArthur Foundation Withdrew Their Funding for Nuclear Challenges

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Philanthropic Impact - Is That the Story?

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Philanthropy and the World's Better With You Doing It

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The Future of Philanthropy

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We Can't Take Our Eye Off This Nuclear Threat

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How Can Philanthropy Help Reduce Nuclear Risk?

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Is There a Risk in the Weapon System?

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Is Space-Based Missile Defense a Threat?

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ICBMs Doesn't Cover Missile Defense System?

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Early Warning Systems in Russia and China

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Is There a Nuclear Warfare Warning System?

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The Story of the Neural Network Detecting Tanks

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Are There Any Other Ideas or Plans for Nuclear Philanthropy?

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Is There a Model of Type 2 Diplomacy?

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How to Reduce the Risk of Nuclear War This Decade

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Shifting Attitudes on Nuclear Weapons

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The Challenge of AI Pandemics?

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The Challenge With AI

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What Drew You to This Work?

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The Press of Piss by Jonathan Schell

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Are We Doomed?

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How Will Artificial Intelligence Be Integrated Into Nuclear Weapon Systems?

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World Schooling

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The Color Rubber Show - I Love It!

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