S8 Ep896: Andrea Stricker examines the NPT review amidst Middle East conflict. She details friction between nuclear-armed states and those seeking peaceful enrichment, noting the lack of arms control dialogue between the U.S., Russia, and China. (5/16)
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🗓️ 20 May 2026
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Batchler, non-proliferation treaty, and the review every few years, I think it's five, since the original draft in 68 and it went into effect in 1970, a Cold War relic. And yet, I welcome Andrea Stricker of the Foundation for Defense of Democracy, writing about what is under review right now at the United Nations, |
| 0:37.8 | the non-proliferation treaty. |
| 0:39.8 | Why it is incredibly important is that the conflict in the Middle East |
| 0:44.7 | that is now involved the whole world cut off of vital supplies, |
| 0:48.4 | not the least of which is oil and diesel fuel, |
| 0:51.8 | but there's also the urea, the fertilizer, |
| 0:56.1 | the makings of high-end and low-end properties. The whole world is now on the edge of what happens if we don't open the straits |
| 1:01.9 | of our moose. It's about the NPT. Iran is a signatory of the NPT. The violations of the |
| 1:09.0 | NPT lead to consequences. Never before the consequences involved kinetic warfare, but that's where we are right now. Therefore, what is to be done with the NPT that's under review? What have we learned from these last days? Andrea, a very good evening to you. Thank you very much for joining. The NPT has an agenda underway right now. |
| 1:32.0 | Some nations are missing. |
| 1:34.3 | Many are there, and they hope for revising the documents on the basis of what we're observing right now. |
| 1:42.7 | However, there is an important distinction I've |
| 1:45.5 | learned, and from your essay at the diplomat, it's reinforced, that the NPT is variously enforced |
| 1:51.9 | and applied around the world. There are five nations that have original permission to be |
| 1:59.3 | nuclear powers. This is before there was an NPT. Since then, |
| 2:04.3 | others have come in, not given permission, such as Pakistan and India, just taking possession. |
| 2:10.7 | At this point, how many nations are understood to be nuclear capable? Good evening to you, Andrea. |
| 2:17.1 | Good evening, John. Thanks for having me. |
| 2:19.6 | Thus far, there are five nuclear weapons states recognized by the NPT. That's the U.S., Russia, |
| 2:26.3 | UK, France, and China. And then we have around 180 or so others that have committed not to develop nuclear weapons. |
| 2:37.8 | And they do so under the NPT's three core pillars. |
| 2:41.2 | So non-proliferation, they commit not to acquire. |
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