a report by the stockholm international piece research institute says russia has 5 and a half 1000 warheads. if we look at proving that cavities literally since the 1st day of the invasion of ukraine, he has been making nuclear threats. he has been talking about the importance of rushes nuclear arsenal. it's nearly 7 years since a $122.00 nations of the world voted in favor of the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons celebrations at the time. but the world is no closer to eliminating new sale weapons. and the figures show the opposite is happening and the nuclear arms business is booming. michael apple held his era for inside story. all right, let's bring in a guest in vienna. nicolai's talk of who is a senior fellow at the vienna center for disarmament. a non proliferation and took policy many control negotiations. gary say more, joins us from boston. he's a politics professor at brian this university and a full. i'm a senior official in the us national security council. responsible for non proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and in brussels. victor go, who is the vice pre

war, political rivalries, and economic inequality is a rife, the direct self, stockholm international piece research institute. then smith wants that is a dangerous cocktail. he says, well now, and one of the most dangerous periods in human history, the abyss is beckoning. and it is time for the grade pals to step back and reflect, preferably together. let's bring into mole. she's a senior research associate at the massachusetts institute of technology and security studies program. welcome to the day. now with these numbers out today, do you think the world has become a more dangerous place as well? without del, it's the combination of 2 things. one is all the nuclear weapon states, or expanding either their arsenals, order arsenals, capabilities, at the same time, this is happening. we see a decline in us, russian arms control. since 1986, it was referenced in your report since 1986, the number of nuclear weapons has gone down each year, driven largely by russian and american orange control. they, they, after all have 90 percent of the world's nuclear weapons. and so when they cut those numbers went down, bu