After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus inherited strategic missiles, hundreds of tactical nuclear weapons and highly enriched uranium – yet chose to give them up and join the […]
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Arms Control Primer – Transcripts
Read the latest transcripts of the Arms Control Primer podcast.
S5.E8: Better know a non-nuke: Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan was central to the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons complex, hosting more than 450 nuclear tests, vast fissile material production facilities and, up to 1991, over a thousand nuclear warheads. […]
S5.E7: Better know a non-nuke: Ukraine
In this episode of The Arms Control Primer, host Dr Alexander Bollfrass is joined by Dr Polina Sinovets and Darya Dolzikova to explore Ukraine’s nuclear past – from its role […]
Issue No 73 – (January 2026)
Issue No 72 – (December 2025)
Issue No 71 – (November 2025)
S5.E6: Better know a non-nuke: Libya
In this episode of The Arms Control Primer, host Dr Alexander Bollfrass is joined by Dr Hassan Elbahtimy and Robert Kelley to explore Libya’s nuclear ambitions from 1969 to 2003. […]
S5.E5: Better know a non-nuke: Germany
In this episode of The Arms Control Primer, host Dr Alexander Bollfrass is joined by Prof Marina Henke of the Hertie School and Dr Andreas Lutsch of the Bundesnachrichtendienst’s Federal […]
S5.E4: Better know a non-nuke: South Africa
In this episode of The Arms Control Primer, host Dr Alexander Bollfrass is joined by Prof Anna-Mart van Wyk and Dr Robin E. Möser to explore how apartheid-era South Africa […]