Publications
Speech at the 45th Munich Security Conference
February 6, 2009
Munich Security Conference
Henry A. Kissinger
Speech/Testimony
Speech at the 45th Munich Security Conference
Over 200 years ago, the philosopher Immanuel Kant defined the ultimate choice before mankind: World history would ultimately culminate in universal peace either by moral insight or by catastrophe of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice.
Containing the Fire of the Gods
February 6, 2009
International Herald Tribune
Dr. Henry Kissinger
Op-eds/Statements
Dr. Kissinger makes the case for a new nuclear age and concludes with the question, “Our age has stolen the fire from the gods; can we confine it to peaceful purposes before it consumes us?” Read the op-ed.
Toward a Nuclear Free World: A German View
January 9, 2009
International Herald Tribune
Former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Schmidt, former President of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker, former Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany Egon Bahr, former Foreign Minister of Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Op-eds/Statements
Four former German officials “unreservedly support the call by Messrs. Kissinger, Schultz, Perry and Nunn for a turnaround on nuclear policy, and not only in their country.” The group suggests additional steps. Read the op-ed.
Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (preliminary report)
December 1, 2008
Hoover Institution
edited by George P. Shultz; Sidney D. Drell; and James Goodby
Reports/Studies
This preliminary report from the "Reykjavik Revisited" conference, held in October 2007, examines the practical steps required to address the nuclear threat and to move toward the goal established by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev at their historic 1986 meeting in Reykjavik: the elimination of nuclear weapons. The distinguished contributors include former officials of the past six administrations and senior scholars and scientific experts on nuclear issues.
A second Nuclear Age
September 24, 2008
The Australian
Martine Letts
Op-eds/Statements
"A second Nuclear Age," by Martine Letts, deputy director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy and a partner investigator for the Australia's Nuclear Choices project at the Australian Research Council.
