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Could the Conflict go Nuclear?

Could the Conflict go Nuclear?

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This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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From the crisis in American democracy to the collapse of the Middle East’s petrochemical oligarchies, this is your guide to the dangers that mass media isn’t covering.

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With Vladimir Putin putting Russia’s nuclear deterrent on high
alert, could the war take an atomic turn? Or is this merely a
tactical move from the Kremlin? And what could the Ukraine crisis
mean for nuclear policy in the coming years? Dr Laura Considine,
politics professor at Leeds University, joins Arthur Snell to
explain the history of nuclear proliferation, atomic weapons in the
context of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, and the direction of nuclear
policy in the coming years. We're putting out irregular war
bulletins covering different aspects of the Ukraine crisis. Help
our work, and shape the next full series of Doomsday Watch, by
supporting us on Patreon. Resources to help the Ukrainian people
can be found here: https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/ “North Korea
developed its nuclear weapons secretly while party to the
non-proliferation treaty.” “What we’re seeing here is nuclear
weapons being used as a means of enabling aggression.” “A lot of
tactical nuclear weapons are bigger than the bomb dropped on
Hiroshima.” “Deterrence is all about what didn’t happen, and it’s
very hard to analyse what hasn’t occurred.” DOOMSDAY WATCH was
written and presented by Arthur Snell, and produced by Robin
Leeburn with Jacob Archbold. Theme tune and original music by Paul
Hartnoll. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. DOOMSDAY WATCH is a
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