Ploughshares Fund Resources on the NPT

By Deborah Bain
June 1, 2010
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As the 189 signatories to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty gather in New York this week for the five-year review of the progress toward the goals of the treaty, Ploughshares Fund staff, board members and grantees are providing analysis and commentary on the range of issues under discussion, from Iran's nuclear program to global efforts to achieve a nuclear weapon-free world.

Among leading nuclear experts who are available for interviews:

Joe Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
David Albright, President, Institute for Science and International Security
Deepti Choubey, Deputy Director of the Nonproliferation Program,Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
John Isaacs, Executive Director, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferatin
Rebecca Johnson, Director, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy
Daryl Kimball, Executive Director, Arms Control Association
Jeffrey Lewis, Director of Nonproliferation and Nuclear Strategy, New America Foundation
George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Jim Walsh, Senior Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Online Resources:

Latest News and Analysis from the Institute for Science and International Security

Resource Page on the NPT Review Conference by the Arms Control Association

Restoring the NPT: Essential Steps for 2010 by Deepti Choubey of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

NPT Review Conference on the Acronym Institute Website

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