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Podcast: Fault Lines
Episode: Episode 271: Arms Control Talk - a Mushroom Cloud or a Fizzle?
Description: Today, Les, Jess, Jamil, and Morgan discuss Russia’s withdrawal from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the global treaty banning nuclear weapons tests. Moscow says its de-ratification of the CTBT is merely designed to bring Russia into line with the U.S., which signed but never ratified the treaty, while others worry Russia is seeking to intimidate and evoke fear. All the while China and the United States are about to begin talks about nuclear arms control and non-proliferation.  Is Russia’s withdrawal from the CTBT symbolic, saber-rattling, or about something else? Does the w...