Sir Michael Quinlan, a longtime senior British Defense Ministry official, finds these developments regrettable.

NPR: Nuclear Weapons Gain Importance for Regional Powers

Before anything else, Greenberg, a self-effacing, amiable schmoozer, has had to fix Oak Brook's formerly ugly franchisee relations, which had fallen into disrepair under predecessors Edward Rensi and Michael Quinlan.

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Sir MICHAEL QUINLAN (British Defense Ministry): I see the theoretical case for brandishing the option of first use if anybody else uses biological or chemical weapons, but I think the realism of having to do that is very low, and it seems to me unfortunate at a time when everyone is expecting the five nuclear powers to downplay nuclear weapons, to reduce their salience.

NPR: Nuclear Weapons Gain Importance for Regional Powers