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Is Iran’s nuclear program ‘obliterated’?

President Trump has repeatedly claimed that US strikes this weekend “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program – but an intelligence assessment suggests that might not be the case. Host Yasmin Vossoughian talks with our national security correspondent Courtney Kube about what’s in the report. She’s also …

Where does Iran’s nuclear program stand now?

A fragile ceasefire is in place between Israel and Iran — but where does this leave Iran’s nuclear program? U.S. President Donald Trump is confident the program is destroyed but some intelligence reports suggest only setbacks. We speak with nuclear policy expert James Acton about what happens now.

ICYMI: Going nuclear - ‘We are entering an era of a new global arms race’

A year ago this week, Tova talked to James Acton, co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Amid wars in Europe and the Middle East, she wanted to assess the chances of a nuclear war breaking out and how it could start, play out…

Is There a Diplomatic Path for Iran’s Nuclear Program? An Interview with Richard Nephew

Iran’s nuclear program has long been a source of international tension. Early in U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, hopes for a diplomatic resolution resurfaced—until June, when Israel launched strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites. Days later, the United States joined the conflict,…

A New Nuclear Age: The Sum of All Fears?

Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss the "nuclear hurricane" sweeping the world. They begin by returning to the question of whether President Trump made the right decision to conduct strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. Then they shift to discussing Vipin Narang and Pranay Vaddi's recent article "How …

Vipin and I welcome Austin Long to the show (and MIT CNSP)

Vipin and I welcome Austin Long, a former deputy director for strategic stability on the U.S. Joint Staff (J5) to the pod, and as a new Senior Fellow with MIT’s Center for Nuclear Security Policy. We had a wide-ranging discussion on * the recent UK-France joint statement on nuclear deterrence and…

How Many Nukes Does It Take to Win a War? (Trick Question)

Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.com The world is living with a Cold War hangover. The logic of deterrence, which dominates the minds of the people who plan nuclear wars, means that America must have enough nuclear weapons to credibly threaten to destroy the world sh…

Trump's NEW Red Line: Iran & the Hormuz Showdown

Today we're looking at a new red line drawn by President Trump for Iran: open the strait of Hormuz or we hit your oil infrastructure. This comes after a significant attack on Kharg Island last night but I'm not sure the Iranian regime has any intentions of opening the strait in the near future. Thi…

Iran Will Probably Still Get Nukes – Here’s How

The U.S. and Israel just fought a second war over Iran's nuclear program—and one of the world's leading nuclear experts says America lost. Iran's uranium stockpile sits fully intact in tunnels too deep to reach, and Tehran walked away with more leverage in nuclear talks. James Acton, a physicist a…