Tug of warheads: the nuclear order

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Successful arms-control diplomacy has kept proliferation at bay for decades. But many states now have nuclear ambitions; we look at an <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/01/30/the-world-is-facing-an-upsurge-of-nuclear-proliferation?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">increasingly worrying shift</a>. Rapid development in sub-Saharan Africa has led to a “double burden” of malnutrition: obesity is <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/01/30/why-obesity-is-spreading-across-africa?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">skyrocketing</a> even as undernourishment continues. And the <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/01/14/in-search-of-greenlands-rare-earths?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">riches and the tensions</a> to be found at a Greenland rare-earth-minerals mine. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>