Host
Gabrielle Sierra
Podcast Host and Producer Full Bio
Episode Guests
Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
Senior Policy Director, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Program Coordinator, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Show Notes
In the United States, the president has sole and unconstrained power to launch a first-strike nuclear attack. While the system is built to provide the president with as much expert advice as possible, consultation is not legally required, and some experts say that such an order could be executed in a matter of minutes.
Today, we unpack the president’s sole authority to launch, and its implications for national and global security. Is it wise to invest so much power in the hands of one person? What are the alternatives? Gabrielle Sierra explores a system that has been overlooked for years, as she sits down with three nuclear security experts.
CFR Resources
Nuclear Weapons, CFR
“What the INF Treaty’s Collapse Means for Nuclear Proliferation,” Lori Esposito Murray
“The Lingering Specter of Nuclear War,” Stewart M. Patrick
Read More
“What is US nuclear policy, exactly?,” Abigail Stowe-Thurston
“Explosion Shines New Light on ‘Secret Nuclear Cities’,” Alexandra Bell
“The President and the Bomb,” Richard Betts
“What Should the World Do With Its Nuclear Weapons?,” Joseph Cirincione, Atlantic
“An Unsung Hero of the Nuclear Age,” Ron Rosenbaum, Slate
“Our Apocalypses, Ourselves,” Emma Claire Foley, Inkstick
“American students aren’t taught nuclear weapons policy in school. Here’s how to fix that problem.,” Erin Connolly and Kate Hewitt, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Watch and Listen
“Here’s how Trump’s nuclear ‘button’ actually works…” Vox
“What If We Nuke a City,” Kurzgesagt
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