The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has anchored the global nuclear order for more than half a century, yet it was never a consensus, only a bargain between competing interests. More than […]
12
Nov
2026
Category: Podcast
30
Oct
2026
S6.E3: Better know a treaty: The Outer Space Treaty
The Outer Space Treaty has governed humanity’s activities in space since 1967, but a crowded, commercialised and increasingly militarised space domain is testing its limits. Signed at the height […]
15
Oct
2026
S6.E2: Better know a treaty: Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones
01
Oct
2026
S6.E1: Better know a treaty: The UN Charter
09
Jul
2026
S5.E11: Better know a non-nuke: Argentina
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. […]
16
Apr
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 […]
07
Apr
2026
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 […]
06
Mar
2026
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 […]
23
Feb
2026
Arms Control Primer – Transcripts
Read the latest transcripts of the Arms Control Primer podcast.
22
Feb
2026
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. […]