Episode 37: The Middle East Goes Nuclear

<p>The UAE builds the first civilian nuclear reactor in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia moves down the path to building a nuclear weapon.&nbsp;Dana, Jamil, Jodi, and Les discuss the geopolitical ramifications of a nuclear powered Middle East.&nbsp;Are 123 agreements useful anymore?&nbsp;Will the United States be able to prevent nuclear proliferation?&nbsp;How does china play into all of this?&nbsp;All these questions and more answered in this week’s Fault Lines.</p><br><p>In our under the radar segment, Jamil highlights the changing tide of U.S.-China&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/world/asia/us-china-trump-xi.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">relations</a>, Dana discusses the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/at-beiruts-shattered-port-a-crater-nearly-50-yards-deep-and-small-signs-of-previous-lives/2020/08/11/9285597c-d8fc-11ea-a788-2ce86ce81129_story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">explosion</a>&nbsp;that rocked Beirut, Jodi examines the election in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/world/europe/beatings-detentions-belarus-lukashenko.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Belarus</a>, and Les laments the lack of foreign aid on the table for the next round of coronavirus legislation currently under debate on Capitol Hill.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>