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Banning Nuclear Weapons with 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner ICAN
Banning Nuclear Weapons with 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner ICAN
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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Did you know that 122 countries have adopted a treaty to ban nuclear weapons? The organization behind this movement is the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). In this spirited and informative discussion, Ray Acheson and Beatrice Fihn of ICAN take apart the nuclear deterrence myth, expecially in the case of North Korea, and the belief that nukes are "special" and therefore exempt from the ban on targeting civilians.
Released:
Dec 7, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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