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With Vladimir Putin’s warning that Russia will use “all available means” at his disposal to defend his country, there has been increased chatter about the Russian president using nuclear weapons. But just how likely is that, and what does it mean to start a nuclear war in 2022?

In this episode:

Alex Gatopoulos (@alexgatopoulos), Al Jazeera Defense Editor
Gerhard Mangott (@gerhard_mangott), Professor of International Relations, University of Innsbruck

Episode credits:

This episode was updated by Sarí el-Khalili. The original production team was Ashish Malhotra, Chloe K. Li, Ruby Zaman, Negin Owliaei, Amy Walters, Alexandra Locke, Ruby Zaman, and our guest host, Halla Mohieddeen.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Andrew Greiner is lead of audience engagement. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Another Take: Will Vladimir Putin go nuclear?

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Another Take: Will Vladimir Putin go nuclear?