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On this episode of Newt's World, when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th,

the entire world led out a huge gas. Since then, every allied country in the

West has been scrambling to come up with a plan as to how to deal with

Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion without escalating things further.

Last week I released a podcast episode entitled Understanding Putin because I think it's critical

we understand who Putin is and who we're dealing with and I've drew directly from the long

speech he had made to the Russian people. One of my biggest concerns now is the fact that

Putin has put Russia's nuclear forces on alert and I think this is a direct challenge to the West

and to the United States and President Biden. And I noticed that President Biden said

Americans didn't need to worry about a nuclear war with Russia and I just wanted to have this

conversation because I think every American should be worried as long as there are nuclear

weapons in the world they are the most immediate threat to our survival as a species and as a

civilization. I think it's a very important topic. I'm really pleased to welcome my guest,

Joe Serencioni. He is a Quincy Institute distinguished fellow and the author of both nuclear nightmares

securing the world before it is too late and bomb scare the history and future of nuclear weapons.

Joe, thank you for joining me on this topic and let me start with your own background because you

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