The Nuclear Security Project seeks to galvanize global action to reduce urgent nuclear dangers and to build support for reducing reliance on nuclear weapons, ultimately ending them as a threat to the world.

 

The Project builds on the January 4, 2007 Wall Street Journal op-ed by former Secretaries of State George Shultz and Henry Kissinger, former Defense Secretary Bill Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn. The op-ed links a vision of a world free of nuclear weapons with urgent steps designed to reduce nuclear dangers.

 

Building momentum and encouraging debate

The interest, momentum and growing political space that has been created to address these issues since the January 2007 article was published has been extraordinary, with strong positive responses from people all over the world.

 

In addition, there have been indications of general support for this project from 17 of 24 former U.S. officials with extensive experience as secretaries of state and defense and national security advisors. These include: Madeleine Albright, Richard V. Allen, James A. Baker III, Samuel R. Berger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Frank Carlucci, Warren Christopher, William Cohen, Lawrence Eagleburger, Melvin Laird, Anthony Lake, Robert McFarlane, Robert McNamara and Colin Powell. Read the January 2008 Wall Street Journal op-ed here.

 

The Project is designed to motivate governments to rethink their policies, change direction and act on the steps that will reduce the risk of a nuclear weapon being used by increasing understanding, awareness, support and action by policymakers, policy experts and the public around the world for purposefully and significantly changing direction and reducing these nuclear dangers.

 

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The overall objectives of the Nuclear Security Project are to:

 

Advance the substantive agenda and help close analytic gaps;

 

Expand and internationalize support and action toward the vision and steps.

 

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Activities include:

 

	Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons A conference sponsored by the Hoover Institution and NTI On October 24-25, 2007, 40 leading national security experts met at the Hoover Institution to discuss the substantive agenda behind each of the steps toward a nuclear weapons free world. Watch the Discussion Read about the Conference
	Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons On February 26-27, 2008 the Government of Norway, in cooperation with NTI and the Hoover Institution, is bringing together international experts and officials to discuss how to build a consensus around the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and develop practical steps towards that goal. Visit the conference website at http://disarmament.nrpa.no/
	Documentary Film NTI is developing a short documentary film about the visions and steps for a nuclear weapons free world.

 

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For more information call 202/296-4810 or email nuclearsecurityproject@nti.org