75 years on from the first nuclear explosion, the Middle East is a hotbed of nuclear risks

From the global pandemic to Australian wildfires to a 21st century civil rights movement, 2020 has been a transformative year that will surely be remembered for generations. July 16, 2020 will also mark the 75th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear explosion at the “Trinity site” as part of the Manhattan Project. According to the “Doomsday Clock” put out by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, it is “100 seconds to midnight,” and as of 2020, we are closer to the risk of nuclear war than ever before.