In this episode, we begin our series on the three different categories of actors when it comes to nuclear states: those that have, those that want, and those that gave up nuclear weapons. We begin by looking at China and Russia as states that have nuclear weapons and how their nuclear politics with the West can be understood from critical perspectives.

The Threats That U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Must Address - Proportionate Deterrence: A Model Nuclear Posture Review

Nuclear coercion skepticism and Russia's nuclear-tinged threats

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Disrupt is recorded and produced by Gabriella Gricius and Bridgett Neff-Hickman on the traditional and unceded territories of the Cowlitz, Clackamas, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples.