The world
is now on the precipice of a new and dangerous nuclear era. Most
alarmingly, the likelihood that non-state terrorists will
get their hands on nuclear weaponry is increasing. It is
far from certain that we can successfully replicate the old
Soviet-American "mutually
assured destruction" with
an increasing number of potential nuclear enemies worldwide
without dramatically increasing the risk that nuclear weapons
will be used. U.S. leadership will be required to take the
world to the next stage — to a solid consensus
for reversing reliance on nuclear weapons globally as a vital
contribution to preventing their proliferation into potentially
dangerous hands and ultimately ending them as a threat to
the world. We endorse setting the goal of a world free of
nuclear weapons and working energetically on the actions
required to achieve that goal. The Wall Street Journal - 1/04/07 [more]
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Building a Better World Together
Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, delivered a speech at Kyoto University, 6/9/08. Read the speech
British Ministers Publish Article in Support of World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Four former British Foreign and Defence Secretaries — Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Lord David Owen, Lord Douglas Hurd and Lord George Robertson — published an article titled "Start worrying and learn to ditch the bomb" in which they warn that the world is entering a dangerous new phase "that combines widespread proliferation with extremism and geopolitical tension." Read the article
Shultz and Perry at the Commonwealth Club of California
 George Shultz and William Perry at the the Commonwealth Club of California. Source: http://fora.tv |
Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz and former Secretary of Defense William Perry recently discussed steps toward a nuclear weapons free world at the Commonwealth Club of California. Watch it online. |
Thinking the Unthinkable: A World Without Nuclear Weapons
The New York Times published an Editorial Observer piece by Carla Anne Robbins about the growing debate centered around the vision and steps toward a nuclear free world as outlined by Shultz, Perry, Kissinger and Nunn. Read the article
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