Nuclear Modernization and the Future of Arms Control, with John Carl Baker (PODCAST 8-05-2020)

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The Ploughshares Fund’s John Carl Baker returns to the show to talk about the push to modernize the US nuclear arsenal, what that entails, and how much it will cost. We then assess the wreckage the Trump administration has made in terms of arms control and what that means for the future, depending on what happens in November.

Then-US President Barack Obama signing the ratification of New START, February 2011 (Official White House Photo)

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