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Hugh Gusterson

Hugh Gusterson is Professor of International Affairs and Anthropology at The George Washington University and the author of People of the Bomb: Portraits of America's Nuclear Complex.

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Podcast, War & Security

On the Presidential First Use of Nuclear Weapons

What differentiates the crimes of a terrorist, hacker, or non-state actor from those of a president who launches a nuclear weapon?

Elaine Scarry, Jonathan King, Bruce Ackerman, Kennette Benedict, Bruce Blair, Sissela Bok, Rosa Brooks, John Burroughs, Hugh Gusterson, Edward Markey, Jim McGovern, Zia Mian, William Perry

War & Security

The Auditors

When Colin Powell went before the UN Security Council on February 5, 2003, to make the case that

Hugh Gusterson

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