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Intel Report: Iran’s Decision Can be Influenced
On the radar: DNI threat assessment; Debate on South Korea and the bomb; Sec. Shultz endorses CTBT; History of Pakistan’s nukes; For savings, cut nukes; No real alternatives to talks; and Hosing off an Operations Crossroads ship. Read more »
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Posted on March 12, 2013
Kissinger, Nunn, Perry, Shultz: Nuclear Threat Outpacing Work to Eliminate It
  On the radar: Statesmen offer next steps on nuclear security; Sanctioning North Korea; Questioning the cascade; Nuclear convention; UK’s Trident on the chopping block; and Nuke parts on Ebay.   Read more »
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Posted on March 6, 2013
Diplomacy with Iran: Delays and Potential Deals
  On the radar: Iran playing hard to get; a 20% deal; China warns N. Korea; Missile forensics; Less prompt, less global strike; and Taking a dip in a spent fuel pond.   Read more »
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Posted on January 25, 2013
Behind the Scenes: The Four Horsemen
Ever since their remarkable op-ed "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons" hit the Wall Street Journal in 2007, the world has been fascinated by the continuing efforts of five former high-profile Cold Warriors to rid the world of nuclear weapons. A new book, The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and their Quest to Ban the Bomb, by former New York Times journalist Phil Taubman takes us behind the scenes of this remarkable group. Read more »
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Posted by admin on February 21, 2012
Bipartisan, Commonwealth Club, George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, New York Times, Nuclear Zero, Phil Taubman, Sam Nunn, Sidney Drell, William Perry, United States
Must We Keep Living Under the Sword of Damocles?
The following is the third in a series of guest posts from graduate students reflecting on the 25th anniversary of Rekyavik. Twenty-five years ago, two of the leaders of the world’s greatest military powers sat together at the Hofdi House in Reykjavik, Iceland. They were President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and they met to discuss the possibility of eliminating all nuclear weapons. Read more »
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Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, John F. Kennedy, Nuclear Zero, Partners, Reykjavik, Sam Nunn, Wall Street Journal, William Perry