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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, 7/14/10.
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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, 6/23/10

 

 "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, 5/12/10. Read the Declaration

 

 "Nuclear Progress, but Dangers Ahead: Senior European statesmen and women call for renewed urgency in tackling problems of nuclear proliferation," open letter signed by forty senior European leaders, guardian.co.uk, 4/14/10

 

 "Nuclear Review Shows Bipartisanship," by William J. Perry and James R. Schlesinger, POLITICO, 4/14/10

 

 "From Reagan to Obama: there is plenty to do if we are to maintain our safety and security," by George P. Shultz, The Wall Street Journal, 4/13/10

 

 "Why Conservative Christians Should Support Nuclear Abolition," by Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, founder and director of the Two Futures Project, The Washington Post, 4/13/10

 

 "How to Build on the Start Treaty," by William J. Perry and George P. Shultz, The New York Times, 4/10/10

 

 "A Season for Disarmament," by Hans Blix, The New York Times, 4/4/10

 

 "Nuclear weapons: Is full disarmament possible?" by Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor, 4/6/10

 

 "Bring In the Big Guns: Obama prioritizes nonproliferation," by Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, 4/9/10

 

 "Toward a World Without Nuclear Weapons," by Jean Chrétien, Joe Clark, Ed Broadbent and Lloyd Axworthy, The Globe and Mail, 3/25/10

 

 "Confronting a Nuclear Tipping Point," interview with George P. Shultz, by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR.org, 3/12/10

 

 "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.

 

"Pour un désarmement nucléaire mondial, seule réponse à la prolifération anarchique," ("For Global Nuclear Disarmament, the Only Answer to Anarchic Proliferation") by former Prime Minister of France Alain Juppé, General Bernard Norlain, former Commander of the French Combat Air Force, former French Minister of Defense Alain Richar and former Prime Minister of France Michel Rocard, published in French by Le Monde, 10/14//09

 

"The Nuclear Tipping Point ," by Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and former Senator Sam Nunn, published by guardian.co.uk, 09/23//09

 

"A Nuclear Weapons-Free World ," by former Prime Ministers of Norway Odvar Nordli, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Kåre Willoch, Kjell Magne Bondevik and former Foreign Minister of Norway Thorvald Stoltenberg, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, originally published in Norwegian by Aftenposten, 06/04/09

 

"Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons," by Zhai Dequan, deputy secretary-general of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, China Daily, 06/04/09

 

"Case For Ratifying Nuclear Test Ban," by Samuel R. Berger and Sam Nunn and William J. Perry, POLITICO, 6/02/09

 

"Gorbachev, Shultz, Nunn, Perry Urge a Nuclear-Free World," by Romesh Ratnesar, a TIME magazine roundtable discussion, which included former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. William J. Perry and former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, agreed that greater cooperation between Washington and Moscow on nuclear weapons is vital, TIME, 4/22/09

 

"Ex-US Sec State Urges Republicans to Back Test Ban," by Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press, 4/17/09

 

"Imagine There's No Bomb," by Malcolm Fraser, Gustav Nossal, Barry Jones, Peter Gration, John Sanderson and Tilman Ruff , The Age, 4/8/09

 

"Containing the Fire of the Gods," by Dr. Henry Kissinger, International Herald Tribune, 2/06/09

 

"The Nuclear Threat: a New Start," by Dr. Sydney Drell, physicsworld.com, 2/2/09

 

"Toward a Nuclear-Free World: a German View," by 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,
International Herald Tribune, 1/9/09

 

"Reduce the Nuclear Threat: Memo to President-Elect Barack Obama," by Sam Nunn, The Reader's Digest, January 2009

 

"Nuclear Crossroads," by Jim Hoagland, The Washington Post, 12/14/08

 

"No Nukes," by Drake Bennett, The Boston Globe, 11/23/08

 

"What to Do with a Vision of Zero: The Tantalising Ideal of a World Entirely Free of Nukes Is Hoving Back into View. It’s a Goal That Disciplines Minds, Even If You Never Quite Attain It,"
The Economist print edition, 11/13/08

 

"Election Breathes New Life into Nuclear Debate," by Susan Cornwell, Reuters, 11/03/08

 

"Analysis: A Safer World," by Talat Massood, a retired Lieutenant General of the Pakistan Army,
Daily Times, 10/30/08

 

"Control Nuclear Weapons or Risk New Hiroshima: Evans," by Brad Norington, The Australian, 10/21/08

 

"Preventing a Nuclear Nightmare," by Charles Colson, Catholic Exchange, 10/18/08

 

"Nuclear Incident Would Make 9/11 'Insignificant': Nuke Commission," by Madeleine Coorey, Agence France Presse, 10/21/08

 

"A Nuclear Weapon-Free World Is Possible, Nunn Says," by Beth Maclin, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 10/20/08

 

"Nuclear weapons: Countdown to zero? Berkeley Experts Join George Shultz, Others on Commonwealth Club Panel," by Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News, 10/01/08

 

"Junking the Nuke Option," by John Langmore, national president of the UN Association of Australia, The Courier Mail, 7/26/08 (subscription required: enter the title in the search box and select The Courier Mail from the drop-down list of publications)

 

"Alatas, Perry to Join Nuclear Panel," by Jonathan Pearlman, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9/25/08

 

"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, The Australian, 9/24/08

 

"Study Demands Commitment to Nuclear Disarmament," Global Security Newswire, 9/18/08

 

"Guest Column: Seize Chance to Free World of Nuclear Weapons," by Susan Gordon, director of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, and Martin Fleck, coordinator of the Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World, The Des Moines Register, 9/08/08

 

"What About the Nukes?," The Oregonian editorial, 9/01/08

 

"Take Steps Toward A Nuclear-Free Future," The San Francisco Chronicle editorial, 8/24/08

 

"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

 

"Nuclear Doomsday Closer," by John Langmore, former MP and director at the UN, national president of the UN Association of Australia, The Courier Mail, 7/16/08

 

"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