{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/4d641cbd-af7c-4475-81e8-c6a118bde4ee/c4aff85b-55b7-4fe3-ae3d-65b80cd5dea3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Economist Asks: Could the Ukraine war turn nuclear?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d9db97874249/62e286c27ca7a10012e441ff.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>In ten weeks of conflict Vladimir Putin has not been afraid to rattle the nuclear sabre. Western leaders have responded by tempering their own rhetoric – but <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/briefing/2022/03/19/the-risk-of-escalation-past-the-nuclear-threshold?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theeconomistasks&amp;utm_contenwssst=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the risk of nuclear war is greater than it has been for more than half a century</a>. Anne McElvoy asks Rose Gottemoeller, a former deputy secretary-general at NATO, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/briefing/2022/03/19/the-risk-of-escalation-past-the-nuclear-threshold?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theeconomistasks&amp;utm_contenwssst=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">whether Russia will launch nuclear weapons </a>and, if it did, what the West should do. And, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2022/03/07/rose-gottemoeller-says-that-nato-has-proved-its-worth-in-dealing-with-russia?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theeconomistasks&amp;utm_contenwssst=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">has NATO proved its worth?</a></p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to <em>The Economist </em>for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer?utm_campaign=economist-asks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}