Argentina’s nuclear programme was built on autonomy, not ambition for weapons – yet its decades-long resistance to the non-proliferation regime made it one of the Cold War’s most scrutinised cases. […]
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New START RIP: arms race looming
By Carlo Trezza, The NATO Defense College Foundation, 2026
S5.E10: Better know a non-nuke: Brazil
In this episode of Arms Control Primer, Dr Alexander Bollfrass speaks with Dr Leonardo Bandarra and Professor Carlo Patti about Brazil’s nuclear history, from early ambitions and the military-era parallel programme […]
S5.E10: Better know a non-nuke: South Korea
From Cold War nuclear deployments to today’s hedging debates, South Korea’s story reveals the pressures and limits of non-proliferation. From hosting US nuclear weapons during the Cold War to pursuing […]
S5.E9: Better know a non-nuke: Belarus
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]