{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d8bcecff9db944d2395157f/5f3579071a7c9c582789d339?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 37: The Middle East Goes Nuclear","description":"<p>The UAE builds the first civilian nuclear reactor in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia moves down the path to building a nuclear weapon.&nbsp;Dana, Jamil, Jodi, and Les discuss the geopolitical ramifications of a nuclear powered Middle East.&nbsp;Are 123 agreements useful anymore?&nbsp;Will the United States be able to prevent nuclear proliferation?&nbsp;How does china play into all of this?&nbsp;All these questions and more answered in this week’s Fault Lines.</p><p><br></p><p>In our under the radar segment, Jamil highlights the changing tide of U.S.-China&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/world/asia/us-china-trump-xi.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">relations</a>, Dana discusses the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/at-beiruts-shattered-port-a-crater-nearly-50-yards-deep-and-small-signs-of-previous-lives/2020/08/11/9285597c-d8fc-11ea-a788-2ce86ce81129_story.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">explosion</a>&nbsp;that rocked Beirut, Jodi examines the election in&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/world/europe/beatings-detentions-belarus-lukashenko.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Belarus</a>, and Les laments the lack of foreign aid on the table for the next round of coronavirus legislation currently under debate on Capitol Hill.</p>","author_name":"National Security Institute"}