Who decides who can have nuclear arms?
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Have the actions of Israel and the US increased the risks that more countries will want them?
The United States and Israel attacked Iran, saying it could not have a nuclear weapon, which Tehran denied it was trying to build.
The US and Israel are among nine countries armed with nuclear weapons. list of 3 items list 1 of 3 list 2 of 3 list 3 of 3 end of list
So who decides who can have nuclear arms? And have the actions of Israel and the US increased the risks that more countries will want them?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests: Tariq Rauf, former head of verification and security policy coordination at the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Laicie Heeley, a nuclear arms control and non-proliferation specialist, and editor-in-chief of Inkstick Media in Washington, DC.
Tariq Ali, a historian and editor at the New Left Review journal in London.
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