The Nuclear Security Project is an effort to galvanize global support for and action on the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the urgent steps needed to reach that goal. Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, former Defense Secretary William J. Perry, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and former Senator Sam Nunn joined together to form the Project in the wake of a Wall Street Journal op-ed in 2007 which has reframed the terms of the global debate on nuclear issues.

 

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George Shultz and Sam Nunn Express Strong Support for New START Treaty
Former Secretary of State George Shultz and former Senator Sam Nunn have sent letters to Chairman John Kerry and Ranking Member Richard Lugar of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressing their strong support for the New START Treaty.
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"A road map for a nuclear free world"

Former South Korean Prime Minister and former Minister for Unification Lee Hong-koo, former South Korean Foreign Minister and former Ambassador to U.S. Han Sung-joo, former Speaker of the South Korean Parliament Park Kwan-yong and former South Korean Army Chief of Staff Paik Sun-yup fully endorsed the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons as proposed by the four U.S. statesmen in a JoongAng Daily op-ed. Read the Op-Ed

 

Statement of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Apr. 10: Swedish Declaration on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Former Prime Minister of SwedenIngvar Carlsson , former Foreign Minister of Sweden Karin Söder, former Foreign Minister of Sweden Hans Blix, SIPRI Chairman and Chairman of the Swedish Pugwash network Rolf Ekéus endorse the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and support concrete and practical steps towards achieving that aim. Read the Declaration

 

Nuclear Progress, but Dangers Ahead: Senior European statesmen and women call for renewed urgency in tackling problems of nuclear proliferation
Forty senior European leaders published an open letter in guardian.co.uk
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"How to Build on the Start Treaty"

An op-ed by William J. Perry and George P. Shultz, The New York Times
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Statement by George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger, and Sam Nunn on START Follow-On Treaty
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(from left to right) William J. Perry, Senator Sam Nunn, George Shultz, Henry A. Kissinger, Helmut Schmidt, Richard von Weizsäcker, Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Source: Hans Glave.

"Reducing Urgent Nuclear Dangers"
George Shultz, Bill Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn participated in a panel and reception at the American Academy in Berlin on "Reducing Urgent Nuclear Dangers." The event facilitated a discussion on working toward a world free of nuclear weapons and meeting the current challenges and obstacles on that path.
Read the American Academy's summary of the event

 

"How to Protect Our Nuclear Deterrent: Maintaining Confidence in Our Nuclear Arsenal is Necessary as the Number of Weapons Goes Down"
by George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn, The Wall Street Journal, 1/19/10

 

In this op-ed, the four authors reaffirm their support for a global effort to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, to prevent their spread into potentially dangerous hands, and ultimately to end them as a threat to the world, while focusing on the need to maintain the safety, security and reliability of the U.S. nuclear arsenal as we work to reduce nuclear weaponry and to realize the vision of a world without nuclear weapons.
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Security Council calls for world free of nuclear weapons during historic summit

 

George Shultz, Bill Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn were invited by President Obama to attend the UN Security Council Summit on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament and released a statement regarding the Summit's role in bringing much-needed global focus to these issues.
Read the Statement
Watch a UN webcast of the UN Security Council Summit (Requires a Real Player)
Read UN Security Council Resolution 1887
Read UN Security Council News Release
President Obama speaks about UNSC Resolution 1887
White House's News Release

 

Meeting with President Barack Obama
Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, former Defense Secretary William J. Perry, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and former Senator Sam Nunn met with President Barack Obama in the White House on May 19th, 2009, to discuss their common vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the steps needed to get there. Pledging to continue to work together, President Obama called the statesmen "four of the most preeminent national security thinkers" in our nation today and said that their vision has "helped inspire policies of this Administration" on nuclear weapons issues.
Read the White House Press Release
Watch remarks by President Obama and Secretary Shultz
Watch Secretary Shultz address the press outside the White Hous

 

The Nonproliferation for Global Security Foundation (NPSGlobal) to Work in Partnership with NTI's Nuclear Security Project
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Nonproliferation for Global Security Foundation (NPSGlobal) announced that they will work together to advance international dialogue and understanding about reversing reliance on nuclear weapons globally, preventing their proliferation, and ultimately ending them as a threat to the world. Read the NPSGlobal - NTI Release

 

A World Without Nuclear Weapons

Senator John McCain delivered a Floor Statement in support of the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. View Statement

 

(from left to right) former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev; Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz; former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn. Source: AP.

Overcoming Nuclear Dangers

On April 16-17 in Rome, Italy, more than 75 leaders from around the globe gathered together to engage in a substantive dialogue on the steps that will need to be taken to reduce nuclear dangers and to move to a world free of nuclear weapons. The two-day conference is one of the key global events springing from the op-eds written by George Shultz, Sam Nunn, Henry Kissinger and Bill Perry endorsing the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the steps that can move us in that direction. The conference was co-sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Nuclear Security Project and the World Political Forum. The conference leaders — Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev — released a statement at the conclusion of the conference. View Statement

 

Taking Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

Hosted by CSIS and moderated by CBS Chief Washington Correspondent and Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer, an expert panel featuring former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Dr. Sidney D. Drell, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times, discussed what steps we can take to move toward a nuclear weapon-free world.
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Toward a Nuclear-Free World: a German View

Former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Schmidt, former President of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker, former Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany Egon Bahr and former Foreign Minister of Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher published an op-ed in The International Herald Tribune in which they endorse the vision and many of the steps of the Nuclear Security Project.
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Lowy Institute for International Policy, PIR Center and Peace Research Institute Frankfurt to Work in Partnership with NTI's Nuclear Security Project
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) announced that it will work together with the Lowy Institute in Australia, PIR Center in Russia and Peace Research Institute Frankfurt in Germany to advance international dialogue and understanding about reversing reliance on nuclear weapons globally, preventing their proliferation and ultimately ending them as a threat to the world.
Read the Lowy - NTI Release
Read the PIR Center - NTI Release
Read the PRIF - NTI Release

 

Sam Nunn, William J. Perry, George P. Shultz and Sidney D. Drell (click to enlarge)

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences presented its Rumford Prize to Nuclear Security Project principals George P. Shultz, William J. Perry and Sam Nunn and world-renowned physicist Sidney D. Drell in recognition of their ongoing efforts to reduce the global threat of nuclear weapons. Henry A. Kissinger will receive the Rumford Prize for his contributions at a later date.

 

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