Cato's Doug Bandow joins Scott again to discuss the situation in North Korea. According to Bandow the red line Trump has created for North Korea is worrisome, but he doesn't believe it's a repeat of the lead-up to the Iraq War—Bandow's greater concern is that the...
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11/22/17 Michael Klare: the Threat of War with North Korea
by Damon Hatheway | Nov 22, 2017 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Michael Klare joins Scott to discuss his latest article for TomDispatch.com "The Trump Doctrine: Making Nuclear Weapons Usable Again." Klare describes how the U.S. nuclear weapons stock has been upgraded, making them operational in any possible scenario. According to...
10/17/14 Gareth Porter: the Ayatollahs’ Fatwas Against WMD
by Scott Horton | Oct 17, 2017 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses his article "When the Ayatollah Said No to Nukes."
7/17/17 Kelley B. Vlahos: the Insidious Nuclear Weapons Industry
by Damon Hatheway | Jul 18, 2017 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Kelley B. Vlahos joins Scott to discuss her latest article on the failures of the nuclear weapons industry for the American Conservative Magazine, "Dr. Strangelove and the Los Alamos Nuclear Fiasco". Vlahos details how the government has corporatized nuclear labs with...
5/8/17 Conn Hallinan: the New Nuclear Arms Race
by Scott Horton | May 9, 2017 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Conn Hallinan, a Foreign Policy In Focus columnist, discusses how improvements in the accuracy of US submarine-based nuclear missiles are ending an era of mutually assured destruction (MAD) nuclear policy, and leading to a dangerous first-strike doctrine. Other...
03/29/17 Paul Kawika Martin: the New Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2017 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Paul Kawika Martin, the Political and Communications Director for Peace-Action.org, discusses why the US and the world’s other nuclear powers are not participating in a UN conference aimed at eliminating nuclear weapons; and the very real danger and disastrous...
12/16/16 Conn Hallinan: the Risk of War Between India and Pakistan
by Scott Horton | Dec 16, 2016 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Conn Hallinan, a Foreign Policy In Focus columnist, discusses why the conflict between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan is the most dangerous in the world; the disastrous global effects of nuclear war; and why the US is partly responsible for the situation.
09/04/15 Jim Lobe: Pro-Israel Supporters Working Against the Iran Nuclear Agreement
by Scott Horton | Sep 4, 2015 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Jim Lobe, a veteran journalist and founder of LobeLog.com, discusses how AIPAC and its pro-Israel supporters in the US Congress can still derail the Iran nuclear agreement - even though it seems Obama has it wrapped up. Transcript: Alright you guys welcome back to the...
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