If we look back over the course of history, the number of times that the U.S. and the Soviet Union,

you know, now Russia have come close to nuclear exchanges.

The number of times the United States has nearly detonated a nuclear weapon on its own soil because of an accident.

You know, we've really been quite lucky to have avoided an intentional or accidental nuclear exchange at this point.

Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast. This is where you'll find extended versions of my

interviews on public television. I'm Ian Bremmer, and today we're going nuclear. And I mean it. I spend

plenty of time on this show talking about nuclear threats from countries like

Pakistan and Iran.

But I've never asked the question, do nuclear weapons keep us safe?

Arms control expert Kelsey Davenport joins the show to talk about the world's fascination

of these horrible weapons and how close

we still remain to all-out nuclear war. Let's get to it.

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