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HARDtalk: Nuclear Deterrent Discussion

29/04/2013

Nuclear Deterrent Discussion

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Are nuclear weapons the answer to global insecurity or one of its causes?

Shaun Ley asks Kate Hudson and Douglas Murray if nuclear weapons are the answer to global insecurity or one of its causes?

Does nuclear deterrence still make sense? Mutually assured destruction kept the peace when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted one another, but the nature of the threats that the world is facing has changed. Shaun Ley speaks to Kate Hudson, general secretary of the campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Douglas Murray, associate director of the Henry Jackson Society. Are nuclear weapons the answer to global insecurity or one of its causes?

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