Program Overview
- Hosts: Ray Suarez, Garrick Utley, Steve Roberts and Margaret Warner
- Original Airdate: Dec 2006
Since the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world has held its breath. For more than six decades, diplomacy, fear and luck have helped humanity avoid another atomic attack. But with North Korea's recent nuclear test and Iran's atomic ambitions, the next members of the 'nuclear club' may also be the world's most dangerous states. On this edition of America Abroad, we talk to regional experts about the growing nuclear threat in Asia and the Middle East, explore the history of international efforts to halt the spread of the bomb, and look back at Libya's decision to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
In Segment One, Ray Suarez examines the threat posed by Iran and North Korea's nuclear programs and their impact on non-proliferation.
Garrick Utley narrates an archival tour of the history of international efforts to halt the spread of the bomb in segment two.
In segment three, Steve Roberts looks back at Libya's decision in 2003 to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
Margaret Warner explores whether a nuclear Iran and North Korea would spark an arms race in East Asia and the Middle East in segment four.
Guests on this program include:
Graham Allison, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University
David Albright , President of the Institute for Science and International Security
George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Jacques Hymans, Assistant Professor of Government at Smith College
Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
Ambassador William Burns, former Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs in the Bush administration
Ambassador Martin Indyk, Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs in the Clinton administration
Katsuhisa Furukawa, advisor to the Japan Science and Technology Agency
Mohamed Ibrahim Shaker, Chairman of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs
Ariel Levite, Deputy Director General of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission
