Welcome to the New Nuclear Nightmare

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump has not “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear arms program as his administration would like you to believe, and now he is threatening to send another carrier battle group into the Persian Gulf. As tensions continue to rise in the Middle East, it is clear that the dialogue around nuclear arms control is not just a relic of the Cold War. Joe Cirincione and Jon Wolfsthal join David Rothkopf to discuss the current state of arms control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.5	Hello and welcome to Deep State Radio. I'm David Rothkoff, your host, and we're joined today by
1:09.1	two of our friends to talk about a subject
1:12.4	that nobody wants to talk about, but I think we really need to.
1:17.0	Joe Cirincioni and John Wolfstall are two of the country's leading experts on nuclear
1:22.5	arms and arms control, something we used to do.
1:25.6	We look back on that a little nostalgically. And, of course,
1:30.3	they're regulars with us. And welcome both of you gentlemen. Hey, David, great to be here.
1:37.8	Thank you very much, David. Yeah. John, you did moments ago before we went on the air said that pitchers and catchers report today.
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