This week on The Elucidators: Decoding Global News, we’re digging into one of our very favorite topics: the future of nuclear weapons! As of this past weekend, 50 countries have ratified the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, a UN-backed effort to relegate nukes to the dustbin of history. But stuffing the nuclear genie back into its bottle won’t be easy, especially with a potential arms race brewing between the US, Russia and China, and new entrants to the nuclear club like North Korea upping their warhead counts. Will we ever get to full disarmament? Should we even want to? Let’s discuss! 

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Further Reading:

1. Russia ready to freeze nuclear warheads in exchange for New START extension
2. Japan rejects nuclear ban treaty; survivors to keep pushing
3. Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons Passes Important Threshold

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