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Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

Nuclear Treaties Are Failing. Proliferation Is Rising. What’s the Global Response?

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9648 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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On this week's episode, Andy talks with Glenn Chafetz, former CIA analyst and expert on strategic culture and national security. They discuss the evolution of nuclear weapons policy, the role of trust and treaties in international relations, and how changing global alliances are affecting stability. Glenn draws on his experience to provide context on nuclear proliferation and its implications for the future of global security. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original Sponsors:  Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ AmmoSquared Visit https://ammosquared.com/ today for a special offer and keep yourself fully stocked. With over 100,000 members and thousands of 5-star ratings, Your readiness is their mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I think pretty frequently about how close we've come before to the use of nuclear weapons and what that might mean once we cook one off.

0:43.1

And I think a lot about the current international environment and the incentives and uncertainties that have become injected into the environment recently

0:55.0

and how that might incentivize horizontal nuclear proliferation

1:01.0

and what that might mean for the likelihood of an accidental or intentional nuclear war.

1:20.5

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to change agents, an ironclad original, brought to you by Firecracker Farm.

1:22.3

Today, we are going to be talking about nuclear proliferation, or hopefully the end of nuclear proliferation.

1:29.8

My guest today is Glenn Schaffetz.

1:32.2

Glenn is a former CIA analyst and a leading expert on strategic culture, national security,

1:37.1

and nuclear deterrence.

1:38.7

He served in various roles within the U.S. intelligence community, focusing on post-S.

1:42.2

Soviet states, weapons of mass destruction threats

1:44.9

in the geopolitical behaviors of emerging nuclear powers. He is the director of the 2430 Group,

1:50.8

a national security consultancy, and is published wildly on foreign policy, intelligence,

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