{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/685c25407cd58072a583f532?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Welcome to the new nuclear age","description":"<p>“The proliferation toothpaste does not go back in the tube” - Ankit Panda</p><p><br></p><p>-</p><p><br></p><p>YOUR NEXT LISTEN: <a href=\"https://podfollow.com/new-statesman/episode/6e99a4b0f9ca24fbdd5d940e1337a53919719b9f/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump's Ceasefire: From bunker bombs to F bombs</a></p><p><br></p><p>-</p><p><br></p><p>With events in Iran bringing the question of nuclear weapons back to the forefront of international news, where does the world go next?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode senior editor Katie Stallard speaks to Ankit Panda, author of <em>The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon,</em> about the growing nuclear instability sweeping the globe and what, if anything, can be done to stave off disaster.</p><p><br></p><p>-</p><p><br></p><p>READ: <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/geopolitics/2025/06/how-donald-trump-plunged-america-into-a-blind-war\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Donald Trump plunged America into a blind war</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sign up to the New Statesman's daily politics newsletter: <a href=\"https://morningcall.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Call</a></p><p><br></p><p>Submit a question for a future episode: <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">You Ask Us</a></p><p><br></p><p>Hosted on Acast. See <a href=\"http://acast.com/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}