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2019

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Episode45 min

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Nuclear

The Trump Administration approved some 810s to Saudi Arabia.  And INVAP is building a low power research reactor in Riyadh.  What’s an 810?  What’s INVAP?  It’s complicated.  You’ll just have to listen to the podcast as Jeffrey and Aaron discuss how people…

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Heroes of Arms Control

Quote of the week: “Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.”  — Lewis Mumford Building something of lasting importance is hard work; tearing it down is comparatively easy. In this troubled time when the nuclear…

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Disappearing Act

It’s a flood of apocalyptic proportions! No I’m not talking about Noah and the ark, or even Offut Air Base. Hi, I’m Grace Liu. Here’s your local Iranian weather for the week. *walks in front of green screen* The skies…

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Burn Notice

February and March of 2019 have been very busy for Iran's solid fuel missile team at Shahrud.

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Norms of Responsible Nuclear Stewardship (cont.)

Quote of the week: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — Theodor Seuss Geisel, “The Lorax” Last week, I offered seven norms for taming dangerous nuclear deterrence strategies: The…

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Mission Shakti: The Indian Anti-Satellite Test

Test a missile, get a pod. Kill a satellite? Get a podcast with a special guest. Ankit Panda joins Aaron and Jeffrey to discuss India’s recent anti-satellite test. Also, Jeffrey says he told you so. (Again.)

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Norms of Responsible Nuclear Stewardship

Quotes of the week: “Baseball is what we were. Football is what we have become.” — Mary McGrory “It may be that baseball is, under close analysis, pointless. What seems apparent to me is that close analysis is pointless. The…

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Cashing in on the Construction Industry

A post from my colleague Cameron Trainer. Cashing in on the Construction Industry:the RGB may receive funds from DPRK laborers in Russia This week NKNews published an article of mine detailing Russian courts’ handling of three instances in which North…