Who gets to have nukes? | Start Here

Israel and the United States – some nuclear-armed nations – precocious attacked Iran. They said it was to forestall Iran from getting a atomic weapon, thing Iran denies it’s trying to do.

What determines which countries can, and can’t, person atomic weapons? And are we seeing a caller atomic race? Start Here with Sandra Gathmann explains.

This occurrence features:

Gary Samore | Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and prof astatine Brandeis University

Hans M. Kristensen | Director of the Nuclear Information Project astatine the Federation of American Scientists

Sharon Squassoni | Research professor, George Washington University

Hassan Elbahtimy | Senior lecturer, Department of War Studies, King’s College London

Tariq Rauf | Former authoritative astatine the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)