What are the driving forces and goals behind China’s nuclear build-up? Should the ongoing U.S.-Russian arms control talks take into account Chinese progress? And does China’s refusal to take part in those talks render them meaningless? Podcast host Alexander Gabuev is joined by Tong Zhao, a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program, and Elena Chernenko, a special correspondent at Kommersant to discuss China’s plans for its nuclear arsenal.

China’s Nuclear Expansion

As the EU builds up its global footprint, it’s crucial to avoid European naval gazing. Instead, Europe needs to engage partners around the world on their expectations and concerns about the EU’s activities and ambitions. That's why it's time for Europe to listen carefully and with curiosity!

Episode 4 with Dr Togzhan Kassenova, a Washington, DC-based senior fellow at the Center for Policy Research, SUNY-Albany.

Previously, she served on the UN secretary general’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.  Dr Kassénova is also the author of “Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb,” which was published by Stanford University Press earlier this year. 

“Europe Listens” is part of ECFR’s Re:shape Global Europe project, supported by Stiftung Mercator.

Europe listens

Europe listens to... Togzhan Kassenova

As focus shifts toward implementing the commitments undertaken in the Nuclear Security Summit, how will the National Nuclear Security Administration prioritize the challenges and opportunities it confronts? George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment, moderates a discussion with Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz (Ret.), undersecretary for nuclear security and administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration.

After the Summit: U.S. Efforts to Strengthen Nuclear Security (full audio)

The Nuclear Security Summits in Washington in 2010 and Seoul in 2012 began the process of international engagement on the challenge of securing existing fissile material vulnerable to theft and diversion by non-state or terrorist groups. 

The Nuclear Security Summit in 2014: Challenges and Opportunities (full audio)

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Short interviews and comments by our experts and others on breaking news and key topics from the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) - the first pan-European think-tank. Launched in October 2007, our objective is to conduct research and promote informed debate across Europe on the development of coherent and effective European values-based foreign policy.

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Carnegie.ru Podcast hosted by Alex Gabuev.

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