President Barack Obama wants to host a global summit on nuclear security next year. He’s called nuclear terrorism the gravest threat the world faces, and political scientist Graham Allison agrees. Graham Allison, author of the book “Nuclear Terrorism” tells host Steve Curwood that we’re more likely than not to experience a nuclear or biological weapons attack in the next five years– a preventable tragedy that would change the world forever
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