Doomsday Not Here Yet, Phew

Pavel Povdig, Senior Researcher in the WMD Programme, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

09-Mar-22 07:15

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At the start of the Ukraine war, President Vladimir Putin ratcheted tensions by threatening to use nuclear weapons. Should this threat be taken seriously, and how should the West be reaping? Pavel Povdig, Senior Researcher in the WMD Programme at UNIDIR, lets us into this opaque world of nuclear arms. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

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Categories: politics, social issues

Tags: Russia-Ukraine conflict, russia, ukraine, nuclear, nuclear arms, nuclear war, war, nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction, WMD, UNIDIR, Ukraine war, international security,

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