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"A world free of nuclear weapons,” by former Prime Minister of Italy Massimo D'Alema, Speaker of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini, former Minister of European Affairs of Italy Giorgio La Malfa, former Minister of Defense of Italy Arturo Parisi and Secretary General of the Pugwash Conference (1995 Nobel Prize for Peace) Professor Francesco Calogero, Corriere Della Sera, 7/24/08

 

"It's rarely discussed, but that doesn't mean arms control isn't important," by Katrin Bennhold, International Herald Tribune, 7/14/08

 

"Nuclear Breakout,", by James Kitfield, National Journal, 7/12/08

 

"Start Worrying and Learn to Ditch the Bomb. It Won't Be Easy, but a World Free of Nuclear Weapons is Possible," an op-ed endorsing the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons by former UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Douglas Hurd, former UK Secretary of State for Defence and former UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Malcolm Rifkind, former UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Owen and former UK Secretary of State for Defence and former NATO Secretary General George Robertson, The Times, 6/30/08

 

"Editorial Observer: Thinking the Unthinkable: A World Without Nuclear Weapons," by Carla Anne Robbins, The New York Times, 6/30/08

 

"The Race between Cooperation and Catastrophe," published by The American Academy in Berlin, Hans Arnhold Center, 6/27/08

 

"N-deal must for energy needs: Prime Minister," The Times of India editorial, 6/10/08

 

"New thinking about nukes," The Sydney Morning Herald editorial, 6/11/08

 

"Prominent members of both parties call for renewed arms control," by Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers, 5/28/08

 

"A Return to Arms Control: No Matter Who Wins in November, Treaties Are Back,"
The Washington Post editorial, 6/2/08

 

"Be Bold: Eliminate Nukes," The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC) editorial, 5/4/08

 

"The New Nuclear Risk," by former Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany Joschka Fischer, Project Syndicate/Institute for Human Sciences, 2008, March 2008.

 

"Senior Statesmen on Campaign to Abolish Nukes" by Rob Gifford, NPR Morning edition, 2/29/08

 

"A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: An Interview With Nuclear Threat Initiative Co-Chairman Sam Nunn," interviewed by Daryl G. Kimball and Miles A. Pomper, Arms Control Today, March 2008.

 

 "Toward a Nuclear-Free World," by George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn, The Wall Street Journal, 1/15/08
This op-ed recommits the four authors to the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the urgent steps needed to reduce nuclear dangers as originally proposed in their January 4, 2007, Wall Street Journal op-ed, "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons."

 

 "A Race No One Can Win: Our Only Chance is to Halt Spread of Nuclear Arms", The Dallas Morning News, 11/15/07

 

"Nuclear Insecurity," by Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, Foreign Affairs, September/October 2007
Summary: The Bush administration has adopted a misguided and dangerous nuclear posture. Instead of recycling antiquated doctrines and building a new generation of warheads, the United States should drastically reduce its nuclear arsenal, strengthen the international nonproliferation regime, and move toward the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons.
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 "The Nuclear Threat," by Mikhail Gorbachev, The Wall Street Journal, 1/31/07

 

"A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," by George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn, The Wall Street Journal, 1/4/07

 

"We Have to Decide Today Whether We Will Design the Future or Resign Ourselves to It", by Steve Andreasen and Steven N. Simon, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, 11/27/07