Why the US is fuelling the new nuclear arms race, with Dae-Han Song

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The threat of nuclear weapons being used is the highest it’s been since the Cold War.

Nuclear-armed states have been ploughing money into modernizing their arsenals and their leaders are abandoning arms control agreements as they continue to ramp up political tensions.

In this episode, co-editor Amy Hall speaks to South Korean policy analyst Dae-Han Song of the International Strategy Center about why the US is fuelling this crisis – and what the international community needs to do bring the world back from the brink.

Dae-Han Song is also part of the No Cold War Collective, and is an associate at the Korea Policy Institute.

Further reading from this episode:

The New Nuclear Arms Race (New Internationalist, January-February 2026)

Flashpoints to fall out (Amy Hall in New Internationalist)

Security or death (Dae-Han Song in New Internationalist)

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