The nuclear option: The dangers of a 'nuclear monarch'

Nonproliferation expert Bruce G Blair tells Tobin Harshaw of the danger of a ‘nuclear monarch’

The nuclear option: The dangers of a 'nuclear monarch'

What’s scarier? The thought that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un may be able to blow up a major American city with the press of a button, or that US president Donald Trump has full authority to do the same to any place in the world?

Plenty of people think the latter possibility demands a radical rethinking of how the US might go about launching an apocalyptic, or even “tactical”, nuclear weapon strike.

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