{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Is Arms Control Dead?","description":"Chris, Melanie, and Zack consider Rose Gottemoeller\u2019s claim that arms control is not yet dead, but essential. Are there realistic prospects for a new arms control deal? If the Trump administration seriously seeks agreements with Russia and China, what should we demand? And what concessions might we offer? And what should be the objective of any new arms control agreements? Grievances for the Pentagon\u2019s slow-motion train wreck, to worrisome reports of deep cuts at the State Department, and for the Trump administration\u2019s reported minerals deal in Ukraine. Zack offers a heartfelt attaboy to his mentor Richard Armitage, who passed away earlier this month after a lifetime of service. Attas also to Secretary of State Marco Rubio for not cutting State more, and to the Carnegie Endowment for a new report on the foreign policy attitudes of Generation Z. &amp;nbsp; Links:   Rose Gottemoeller, \u201cArms Control Is Not Dead Yet: America Should Pursue Parallel Nuclear Negotiations With China and Russia,\u201d Foreign Affairs, April 15, 2025   Christopher S. Chivvis and Lauren Morganbesser, \u201cWhat Gen Z Thinks About U.S. Foreign Policy,\u201d Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 17, 2025   Geoff Wilson, Christohper Preble, and Lucas Ruiz,  Gambling on Armageddon, Stimson Center, February 19, 2025&amp;nbsp;   Nancy A. Youssef, Alexander Ward, and Vera Bergengruen, \u201cPolygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: Pete Hegseth Rattled by Pentagon Chaos,\u201d Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2025   Supporting Stimson, https:\/\/www.stimson.org\/support\/   \u201cArmitage\u2019s Story,\u201d Last Days in Vietnam clip, PBS,  https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/lastdays-armitage\/.   &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Net Assessment","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/132282","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36410730\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/36410730"}