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Defence25 March 2026

USSC Briefing Room | The future of nuclear risk: Iran, China and the end of New START

Dr Daniel Salisbury joined the USSC Briefing Room to discuss the latest nuclear issues around Iran, China and after the end of the New START Treaty.
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From the expiration of the New START Treaty to the war with Iran, headlines about nuclear risks are consistently in the news at the moment.

How significant is the expiration of the New START Treaty? How have nuclear risks changed since the war with Iran began? What are the major nuclear threats facing the world at the moment?

Dr Daniel Salisbury joined the USSC Briefing Room to discuss these issues. Daniel is Senior Fellow for Nuclear Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the author of Secrecy, Public Relations and the British Nuclear Debate: How the UK Government Learned to Talk about the Bomb, 1970-1983.

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Produced by: Elliott Brennan

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