“The nuclear order is in a great deal of trouble”—because many countries want to upend it
Also on the daily podcast: obesity’s rise in sub-Saharan Africa and the coming claims to Greenland’s mineral bonanza
SUCCESSFUL ARMS-CONTROL diplomacy has kept proliferation at bay for decades. But many states now have nuclear ambitions; we look at an increasingly worrying shift. Rapid development in sub-Saharan Africa has led to a “double burden” of malnutrition: obesity is skyrocketing even as undernourishment continues. And the riches and the tensions to be found at a Greenland rare-earth-minerals mine. Runtime: 21min
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