They Want 'Em: Nuclear Politics and Western Resistance in Iran and North Korea

In this episode, we continue our series on the three different categories of actors when it comes to nuclear states: those that have, those that want, and those that gave up nuclear weapons. This episode focuses on Iran and North Korea as states in pursuit of nuclear programs despite international pressures to abandon their nuclear aspirations.

The Facts Prove Iran Still Wants Nuclear Weapons

Iran's Nuclear Program Timeline and History | NTI

North Korea Nuclear Weapons Threat | Nuclear Proliferation North Korea | NTI

The Ideological Construction of Iran in The NYT: Australian Journal of Linguistics: Vol 32, No 3

Behind Iran's Nuclear Pursuit?: Peace Review: Vol 18, No 3

Iran, Nuclear Proliferation and the NPT: Why Does Such Doublespeak Perpetuate?

No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, and International Security

POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES ON NUCLEAR NON- PROLIFERATION

Iran v ‘the international community’: a postcolonial analysis of the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program

NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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