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Nuclear Nonproliferation

June 16, 2010

Center for International Security and Cooperation launches new initiative to reduce nuclear risks

William J. Perry
William Perry, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Siegfried Hecker, former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, have joined forces to launch the Nuclear Risk Reduction (NRR) initiative to address the changing nuclear threat following the end of the cold war. Their effort to reduce nuclear risks is a companion to another critical joint effort to eliminate nuclear weapons launched by Perry, former secretary of state and current Hoover distinguished fellow George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, and former senator Sam Nunn.
June 4, 2010

Goodbye, nuclear bomb

Nuclear Tipping Point

The very men who turned the U.S. into a nuclear power during the Cold War are now working to eliminate these weapons of mass destruction from the face of the earth. George Shultz, William Perry and James Goodby explain in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat why we should seek a nuclear-weapons free world.

May 28, 2010 | Reuters

U.S. sees Iran, Afghanistan as gains in Russia relationship

Russia's support for fresh U.N. sanctions against Iran and its help on Afghanistan show how Washington's "reset" of relations with Moscow is delivering results, President Barack Obama's top adviser on Russia said...

May 25, 2010 | New York Times

As Ugly as It Gets

It’s shameful for Brazil and Turkey, nascent democracies, to embrace the Iranian president, who crushes democracy...

May 20, 2010 | Foreign Policy

The Wise Men and The Bomb

Some of the leading figures of the atomic age argue for a dramatic reduction in nuclear weapons — ultimately down to zero...

May 18, 2010 | New York Times

Don’t Sink Diplomacy

In the aftermath of the Cheonan sinking, the United States and South Korea must recognize that a return to dialogue would serve our interests...

May 11, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

Moral grounds for OK of new nuclear treaty

Many people might be surprised to see two religious leaders speaking out in support of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed on April 8 in Prague. After all, what do nuclear weapons have to do with faith...

May 4, 2010 | Morning Edition (NPR)

Experts At Odds Over How To Avoid A Nuclear Iran

Obama administration officials say they are determined to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, but they struggle to say how such a program can be disrupted...

May 3, 2010 | Global Security Newswire

GOP Senators Remain Wary of U.S.-Russian Arms Control Deal

Republican senators whose support will be crucial for ratification of a new U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control treaty last week expressed continued misgivings about the pact...

May 2, 2010 | New York Times

U.S. Is Pushing to Deter a Mideast Nuclear Race

The opening Monday of a monthlong United Nations conference to strengthen the main treaty meant to halt the spread of nuclear arms is likely to be dominated by Iran’s president denouncing the West and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warning that if Tehran gets the bomb, the rest of the Middle East will soon follow...