Episode 186: New START of Arms Race?

<p>Today, Les, Jess, and Jamil discuss Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent announcement that Moscow would “suspend” its participation in the New START treaty, a nuclear nonproliferation agreement entered into in 2011 that puts limits on the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads deployed by the U.S. and Russia.</p><br><p>Is Putin playing nuclear games? Will Russia still abide by the the treaty’s limitations? Does the Fault Lines crew think the U.S. is headed towards another nuclear arms race?</p><br><p>Hear our experts debate these issues and more in less than 10 minutes on our latest episode of Fault Lines!</p><br><p>Want to learn more about this topic? Check out these articles that our experts used to frame our discussion:</p><br><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-says-putin-made-big-mistake-new-start-treaty-rcna71764" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-says-putin-made-big-mistake-new-start-treaty-rcna71764</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/nuclear-weapons-new-start-treaty-what-matters/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/nuclear-weapons-new-start-treaty-what-matters/index.html</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p>Follow our experts on Twitter:</p><br><p>@jamil_n_jaffer</p><br><p>@NotTVJessJones</p><br><p>@lestermunson</p><br><p><br></p><p>Like what we're doing here?&nbsp;</p><br><p>Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe.</p><br><p>And don’t forget to follow @masonnatsec on Twitter!</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>