A world without nuclear weapons—pipe dream or achievable goal?
A world without nuclear weapons—pipe dream or achievable goal?
Russia and the United States hope to start off 2010 with a bang of a different kind—the bang of destroyed and dismantled nuclear weapons, as the two countries approach agreement on a arms control treaty that would dramatically reduce stockpiles of nuclear weapons. However, if President Obama is to be believed, the ultimate goal of arms control policy is eliminate all nuclear weapons, American and otherwise, in the world. This dream scenario has been floated for almost as long as nuclear bombs have been in existence, but is it a realistic goal and how can paranoid countries be convinced to give up tens of thousands of nuclear warheads?
Guests:
Graham Allison, professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and director of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs.
Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association
- Patt Morrison for January 4, 2010
- What’s controversial about the 2010 Census? Quite a lot…
- Red and blue makes green—L.A. gangs collaborating for money
- A world without nuclear weapons—pipe dream or achievable goal?
- Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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