Nuclear and Arms Control
Can nuclear disarmament ever truly succeed?
4.4 (14)
51 mins
Explore how the Cold War era shaped nuclear disarmament efforts. Discover how the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty failed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons despite intentions. Learn about the complexities of balancing disarmament, security concerns, and international trust.
Ep 1:
Deterrence, Doctrine, and the Brink of Doom
From massive retaliation to MAD and the Cuban Missile Crisis, explore how deterrence theory birthed the triad, doomsday machines, and history's first arms control breakthroughs.
Ep 2:
The Peaceful Atom's Dark Bargain
Atoms for Peace promised salvation but seeded proliferation, while broken U.S. promises and the Iraq invasion shattered global trust in nonproliferation's fragile bargain.
Ep 3:
America's Nuclear Double Standard
Counter-proliferation and non-proliferation collide as America wields different rules for different nations, while equity emerges as the linchpin for any true path to zero.
Ep 4:
Grouping the Bomb, Reckoning with Trust
As disarmament shifts from bilateral to multilateral talks, nuclear powers split into revealing groups, closing our journey with hard lessons on trust, verification, and what's next.
Discussions (11)
Sloan
Level 3 · 10 mo agoAtoms for Peace was basically a tutorial on how to make bombs. It is pure incompetence to think nations wouldn't weaponize it. You cannot blame proliferation on anyone else when you supplied the tools.
Parnell
Level 6 · 10 mo agoI don't buy that deterrence is what kept the peace
Davis
Level 4 · 10 mo agoAtoms for Peace was just a proliferation cookbook.
