NukeTalk

Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), joins Press the Button to discuss the intersection of immigration and national security, and how the work of LIRS makes us safer. Early Warning features our deputy policy director Mary Kaszynski and Daryl Kimball of the Arms Control Association on the veracity of reports that Russia and China have conducted nuclear tests, and the latest news on US-Iran tensions. Joe Cirincione answers a question on nuclear close calls.

Rahna Epting, executive director of MoveOn, joins Press the Button for an exclusive look at how MoveOn is organizing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how national security issues fit in with MoveOn's domestic priorities. Early Warning features our policy director Tom Collina and Catherine Killough of Women Cross DMZ to discuss the recent elections in South Korea and the latest updates on the $85 billion ICBM program. Joe answers a question from John in Delaware.

Rahna Epting, executive director of MoveOn, joins Press the Button for an exclusive look at how MoveOn is organizing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how national security issues fit in with MoveOn's domestic priorities. Early Warning features our policy director Tom Collina and Catherine Killough of Women Cross DMZ to discuss the recent elections in South Korea and the latest updates on the $85 billion ICBM program. Joe answers a question from John in Delaware.

It's our birthday! For the 1-year anniversary of Press the Button, US Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joins us for a discussion on economic relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and what needs to be done to repair the holes in our social contract. Early Warning features Alexandra Bell of the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation and our Roger L. Hale fellow Akshai Vikram discussing US plans to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty, and where former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee for US president Joe Biden stands on nuclear issues.

It's our birthday! For the 1-year anniversary of Press the Button, US Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joins us for a discussion on economic relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and what needs to be done to repair the holes in our social contract. Early Warning features Alexandra Bell of the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation and our Roger L. Hale fellow Akshai Vikram discussing US plans to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty, and where former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee for US president Joe Biden stands on nuclear issues.

Ariane Tabatabai, Middle East expert and adjunct senior research fellow at Columbia University, joins Press the Button for a discussion on how the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting Iran hard, and growing calls for the United States to pause or ease sanctions to allow Iran to deal with the pandemic. A special Early Warning features co-hosts Joe Cirincione and Michelle Dover on how COVID-19 will permanently change the United States' approach to national security. Joe reveals his top three nuclear-themed films in the Q&A segment.

Ariane Tabatabai, Middle East expert and adjunct senior research fellow at Columbia University, joins Press the Button for a discussion on how the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting Iran hard, and growing calls for the United States to pause or ease sanctions to allow Iran to deal with the pandemic. A special Early Warning features co-hosts Joe Cirincione and Michelle Dover on how COVID-19 will permanently change the United States' approach to national security. Joe reveals his top three nuclear-themed films in the Q&A segment.

Liz Watson, executive director of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, joins Press the Button to discuss her organization's work to lobby for key progressive measures in the $2 trillion stimulus bill recently passed by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Early Warning features our director of policy Tom Collina, senior program officer John Carl Baker, and Cecili Thompson-Williams of Beyond the Bomb discussing how COVID-19 is affecting US policy at home and abroad.

John Carl Baker on North Korea and COVID-19: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/north-korea-about-be-swamped-coronavirus-why-does-pompeo-keep-sanctioning-them

Beyond the Bomb: https://beyondthebomb.org/

Liz Watson, executive director of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, joins Press the Button to discuss her organization's work to lobby for key progressive measures in the $2 trillion stimulus bill recently passed by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Early Warning features our director of policy Tom Collina, senior program officer John Carl Baker, and Cecili Thompson-Williams of Beyond the Bomb discussing how COVID-19 is affecting US policy at home and abroad.

John Carl Baker on North Korea and COVID-19: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/north-korea-about-be-swamped-coronavirus-why-does-pompeo-keep-sanctioning-them

Beyond the Bomb: https://beyondthebomb.org/