Nightly Nuance - September 20, 2021

Hello, my friends. Today, we’re talking about the tension President Biden will walk into during the United Nations General Assembly because of the newly-negotiated Australia-UK-US (AUKUS *insert eyeroll*) agreement. We’ll talk about why Australia wants new nuclear-powered submarines, why France is very upset about this agreement, and why nuclear non-proliferation experts are concerned.

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