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Bill Taylor on Strategic Stability and Nuclear Security

Thursday, July 29, 2021/ By: Ambassador William B. Taylor

Publication Type: Podcast

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Nuclear diplomacy has long been a bilateral affair between the United States and Russia. But with China, North Korea and possibly Iran emerging as nuclear threats, USIP’s Bill Taylor says, “The number of actors is a threat to stability” requiring a new framework for addressing issues of nuclear security.

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