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Nuclear Inheritance Part 2: Ukraine and the Bomb

Nuclear Inheritance Part 2: Ukraine and the Bomb

Update: 2022-08-25

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought us closer to nuclear escalation than ever in a post Cold War world. One major question hangs overhead: what if Ukraine had kept its nuclear arsenal after the USSR’s dissolution? Host Geoff Wilson speaks with Mariana Budjeryn, author of Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine, about how Ukraine made the brave decision to give up the bomb.

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Nuclear Inheritance Part 2: Ukraine and the Bomb

Nuclear Inheritance Part 2: Ukraine and the Bomb

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