For the first time in nuclear history, 7 of 9 nuclear-armed states have authoritarian leaders. Meanwhile, Democrats and Republicans agree: we must build more nuclear weapons. A veteran policy insider and an international law professor ask the uncomfortable questions—How did we get here? Why is the nuclear priesthood silent? And what can everyday citizens do when democracy itself is under threat?

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