Global nuclear dangers are at a tipping point. The U.S., Russia and other nuclear powers need to take immediate steps to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, ultimately ending them as a threat to the world.

 

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Tutorials

Explore the interactive Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Tutorial for a complete overview, expert analysis, and multimedia presentations on the NPT, the cornerstone of the international nonproliferation regime. Includes expert analysis of the issues, interactive timelines, maps, and numerous links to relevant resources.

 

The Nuclear Terrorism Tutorial considers the possibility of nuclear terrorism by examining the following four questions: What are nuclear weapons? How could terrorists acquire or build nuclear weapons? Why would terrorists use nuclear weapons? How should the world respond to the threat of nuclear terrorism? Includes expert analysis of the issues, interactive timelines, maps, and numerous links to relevant resources.

 

1986 Reykjavik Summit

On October 11-12, 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland and discussed an agreement to eliminate all U.S. and (then) Soviet nuclear weapons. While an agreement on total elimination was not reached at Reykjavik, the summit is widely recognized as marking a major turning point in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union and their 40-year Cold War nuclear confrontation.

 

Read "Reykjavik Summit: The Legacy and a Lesson for the Future," by Dr. Nikolai Sokov, The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, December 2007.

 

Photos from the 1986 Reykjavik Summit