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- "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,
January 19, 2010
- "Proliferation, Catastrophic Terrorism, and a New Security Paradigm,"
by William J. Perry,
January 8, 2009
- "The Race Between Cooperation and Catastrophe," by Sam Nunn,
June 12, 2008.
- "Toward a Nuclear-Free World," by George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn,
The Wall Street Journal,
January 15, 2008
- "Reykjavik Revisited: Steps toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons," a Preliminary Report,
October 2007
About the Project > Activities & Events
Activities & Events
The Nuclear Security Project has expanded support for the visions and steps by sponsoring and co-sponsoring a number of international activities and events. These include:
Overcoming Nuclear Dangers
 (from left to right) Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev shakes hands with former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz. Source: AP. |
On Friday, 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. In this year of Italy's Presidency of the G-8, the conference was co-sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with the Nuclear Security Project (which is managed by the Nuclear Threat Initiative in cooperation with Stanford University's Hoover Institution), 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.
New Delhi Roundtable
On November 16, 2008, the Delhi Policy Group (DPG) hosted an experts meeting with approximately two dozen senior Indian security experts. The objective of the event was to create an opportunity to hear directly from Indian experts on their perceptions of India’s security concerns and how those concerns affect India’s views in the nuclear security realm. Dr. Kissinger and Dr. Perry participated in the discussion which was moderated by General Raghavan, the President of the DPG.
Berlin Roundtable
On June 12, 2008 the Nuclear Security Project and Karl Kaiser, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School, Harvard University and former advisor to Chancellors Brandt and Schmidt hosted a roundtable in Berlin. The objective of the meeting was to promote German input into how to implement the goals of the Nuclear Security Project. The participants comprised approximately 20 leading German politicians and experts representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the media, Bundestag, and leading NGOs. Senator Nunn co-chaired the meeting with Karl Kaiser.
The Nuclear Security Project and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
The Nuclear Security Project co-hosted a briefing during the May 2008 Preparatory Committee meeting of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in Geneva with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Presentations were made by NTI President Charles Curtis; NTI Board members Rt. Hon. Shirley Williams and Ambassador Rolf Ekeus; the UK Minister for Africa, Asia, and the UN, Lord Malloch-Brown; and Norway's Director General for Security Policy and the High North, Kåre Aas. The objective of the event was to discuss how the Nuclear Security Project can help spur a revival of the nonproliferation consensus in 2010. Approximately 200 people attended the briefing.
Engaging Key Non-Nuclear Weapon States
On May 2, 2008 in Geneva the NSP co-sponsored a dinner that included 17 national representatives from key non-nuclear weapons states and Ambassador Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. This group of countries will be engaged in a sustained way, both individually and in group meetings, leading up to the 2010 NPT Review Conference.
London Statesmen Dialogue
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(from left to right) Rt. Hon. Shirley Williams, House of Lords, United Kingdom; former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov; former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz; Ambassador Sergio de Queiroz Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs; Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix; President of the Royal Society Professor Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow. |
On Sunday March 2, 2008, Secretary Shultz, Dr. Kissinger, Dr. Perry and Senator Nunn hosted a small, high-level meeting of former senior European foreign policy and security officials in London. The goal of the meeting was to broaden engagement on the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the steps necessary to reduce nuclear dangers with a select group of individuals from a number of states.
Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
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On February 26-27, 2008, the Government of Norway, in cooperation with NTI and the Hoover Institution brought together over 100 international experts and officials to discuss how to build a consensus around the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and develop practical steps towards that goal.
Visit the conference website at http://disarmament.nrpa.no/
Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
 Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks at the "Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons" Conference |
On October 24-25, 2007, 40 leading national security experts met at the Hoover Institution to discuss the substantive agenda behind each of the steps toward a nuclear weapons free world.
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan sent a letter in support of the conference’s goal, and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger prepared an address to be delivered to the conference participants and others.
Press Launch of the of the book Reykjavik Revisited: Steps toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, Complete Report of October 2007 Hoover Institution / Nuclear Threat Initiative Conference (Hoover Press, 2008) on December 11, 2008 at the Hoover Institution. Copies of the book were also distributed at the Center for Strategic and International Studies event, CSIS-Schieffer Series Dialogues "Taking Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons" in Washington, D.C. in January 2009.
Reykjavik Summit 20th Anniversary Conference
In October 2006, leading national security experts met at the Hoover Institution to discuss the legacy of the 1986 Reykjavik meeting.
