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Is nuclear disarmament set to self-destruct?

The US is withdrawing from a key Cold War-era nuclear arms control treaty with Russia.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced the US is leaving the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. What effect will the move have?

Kirsty Wark is joined by Thomas Countryman, former US Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation and Chairman of the Arms Control Association.

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9 minutes