Who gets to have nuclear weapons and why? | Start Here

Israel and the US – both nuclear-armed states – recently attacked Iran. They said it was to prevent Iran getting a nuclear weapon, something Iran denies it’s trying to do. What determines which countries can, and can’t, have nuclear weapons? And are we seeing a new nuclear race? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains Chapters: 01:09 - How the Cuban Missile Crisis led to a new nuclear order. 01:58 - The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the nine nuclear-armed states. 04:49 - The key factors that affect a country’s calculation on nukes. 05:47 - Security: do nuclear weapons make a country more, or less, safe? 07:22 - The US nuclear umbrella - can it still be trusted? 08:10 - Do nuclear weapons enhance a country’s status? 09:40 - What’s going on with Iran? 14:32 - Who gets to police the global nuclear order? 14:52 - How the nine nuclear-armed states are increasing their spending on nukes. This episode features: Gary Samore | Director, Crown Centre for Middle East Studies & Professor, Brandeis University Hans M. Kristensen | Director, Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists Sharon Squassoni | Research Professor, George Washington University Hassan Elbahtimy | Senior Lecturer, Dept of War Studies, King’s College London Tariq Rauf | Former IAEA official You can find all Start Here episodes here: https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe Al Jazeera so you don’t miss future episodes: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow Sandra Gathmann on Instagram and TikTok: @SandraGathmann #NuclearWeapons #NPT #IranNuclearProgram #NonProliferation #NuclearDisarmament #CubanMissileCrisis #IsraelIranTensions #IsraelIranWar #StartHere #IAEA #USNuclearUmbrella #GlobalSecurity #NuclearProliferation #UraniumEnrichment #TrumpIranPolicy