Welcome to the new nuclear age

<p>“The proliferation toothpaste does not go back in the tube” - Ankit Panda</p><br /><p>-</p><br /><p>YOUR NEXT LISTEN: <a href="https://podfollow.com/new-statesman/episode/6e99a4b0f9ca24fbdd5d940e1337a53919719b9f/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump's Ceasefire: From bunker bombs to F bombs</a></p><br /><p>-</p><br /><p>With events in Iran bringing the question of nuclear weapons back to the forefront of international news, where does the world go next?</p><br /><p>In this episode senior editor Katie Stallard speaks to Ankit Panda, author of <em>The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon,</em> about the growing nuclear instability sweeping the globe and what, if anything, can be done to stave off disaster.</p><br /><p>-</p><br /><p>READ: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/geopolitics/2025/06/how-donald-trump-plunged-america-into-a-blind-war" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Donald Trump plunged America into a blind war</a></p><br /><p>Sign up to the New Statesman's daily politics newsletter: <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Morning Call</a></p><br /><p>Submit a question for a future episode: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You Ask Us</a></p><br /><p>Hosted on Acast. See <a href="http://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>