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Nuclear Weapons Proliferation in Dangerous Times | Joe Cirincione & "Know Now" | EP-25

Published: July 12, 2019, 3:29 a.m.

b'Joe Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund talked with TNWAC\'s President Patrick Ryan for an edition of "Know Now" presented by the World Affairs Councils of America.\\n\\nThere is a high risk that someone will use, by accident or design, one or more of the 17,000 nuclear weapons in the world today. Many thought such threats ended with the Cold War, but they remain an ongoing nightmare. Author of the books Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late, Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons and Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats, Joe Cirincione is one of the leading experts in the country on U.S. nuclear weapons. Join Cirincione as he discusses the major nuclear weapons threats the world faces today and the debate over the best policies to counter them with Tennessee WAC\'s Patrick Ryan.'