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Sep 3, 2019

Barbara Slavin, Director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council and columnist for Al-Monitor, joins Joe Cirincione to discuss increasing tensions in the Middle East and the effects of Trump administration's 'maximum pressure' campaign toward Iran. Michelle Dover hosts Early Warning with Joe Cirincione and Ploughshares Fund Director of Policy Tom Collina on the anniversary of the USSR's first nuclear test. Also, Michelle Dover and Joe Cirincione answer a question from Patrick about who in the US government is taking current nuclear weapons risks seriously.

 

Joe’s article in Defense Onehttps://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2019/08/happy-birthday-nuclear-arms-race/159550/ 

Ernest Moniz and Sam Nunn in Foreign Affairshttps://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russian-federation/2019-08-06/return-doomsday

Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the US, and the Twisted Path to Confrontation, by Barbara Slavin: https://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Friends-Bosom-Enemies-Confrontation/dp/0312384912