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After the Singapore Summit – The Real Nuclear Arms Race

Wednesday, 11 July 2018 3:08 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 11 July 2018 3:08 AM ]

This edition of the program is about a new nuclear arms race unfolding in the world. Even though Trump has signed an agreement with North Korea to denuclearize it, the danger of nukes proliferation is still serious. The discussion is that as long as there are states and regimes with nuclear warheads, there wont be lasting peace. *1. The first headline: Post Singapore Summit The Real Nuclear Arms Race *2. The second headline: "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea." Critics have condemned these boastful words from Donald Trump as both naive and premature. *3. Summary In this episode of Doubling Down we focus on nuclear weapons. Were North Korea to dismantle their entire nuclear programme, there are still enough weapons to destroy planet earth many times over. But instead of negotiating to reduce the number of these weapons, both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have launched themselves into a new arms race. While Trump has called for more useable "low yield" nuclear missiles, Putin says he's developing a new generation of "invincible" ones. Our panel of three studio guests and Skype contributors will discuss the world can move back from the brink? Who should make the first move? And the hypocrisy of the U.S. who have torn up the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran, yet will invest over one trillion dollars in weapons of mass destruction over the next thirty years. * 4. Supplementry Information The former US Defence Secretary William Cohen, who has called for a nuclear free world, is warning that humanity is at greater risk than at any time since the Cold War. Meanwhile, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock to two minutes to midnight, suggesting we are indeed closer than ever to total catastrophe.

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