Graham Allison

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And then nine?

Fantastic.

Right.

Now, how in the world could you have only nine countries having nuclear weapons?

Nuclear weapons being your kind of ultimate security blanket.

Again, John Kennedy, 1963, said, by the 70s, there'll be 25 or 30 nuclear weapon states.

Because he thought that as states acquired the capability to build nuclear weapons, they would do so.

Today, 90, 95 states could have nuclear weapons in a year or two if they decided to build them.

Actually, into the 70s, Sweden had a serious nuclear problem.

South Korea had a nuclear problem.

Taiwan had a nuclear problem.

U.S.

closed those down, created the so-called nonproliferation regime.

That's accounted for this nine.

But I would say, again, fragile, eroding, not likely to be sustained.

So when I try to do my giving thanks for, you know, things that I should be thankful for.

Thankful for 80 years without a great power war?

If there were a great power war, you and I, we wouldn't be here.

And we wouldn't be having this conversation and all the other issues we have to deal with.

So I would say the 80, the 80 and 9, we should not take for granted.

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