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The President's Prague Agenda on the Brink
On Thursday, Rachel Maddow asked me if President Obama was going to fulfill the visionary agenda he laid out four years ago in Prague. I paused. What should I say? I support this agenda to move us step by step towards what Obama termed "the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." But progress has been slow. I took a deep breath and answered the only way I could: honestly. Read more »
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Posted by Joe Cirincione on April 5, 2013
Chuck Hagel, Department of Defense, Des Brown, Fissile Material, John Kerry, Minister of Defense, MSNBC, Nuclear Security, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Zero, Prague, Prague speech, President Obama, Rachel Maddow, Sam Nunn, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, United Kingdom, White House, Ploughshares Fund, United States
New START: Significant Reductions, Modest Pace
  On the radar: Charting START data; Gates says Iran strike would “prove catastrophic”; Iran’s currency crisis; Sanctions and the role of flexibility; South Korean missiles; and Catch 22 for UK atomic veterans.   Read more »
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Posted on October 4, 2012
European Leadership Network Visits Washington
Last week, a British-German delegation of the European Leadership Network (ELN) made the rounds in Washington. ELN, a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in the United Kingdom, works to promote the idea of multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The group has built and continues to expand an impressive, high-level network of senior political, military and diplomatic leaders. Read more »
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Posted by Rebecca Remy on April 23, 2012
Europe, NATO, British Parliament, Chicago NATO Summit, EU, German Parliament, Germany, Russia, Strategic Nuclear Weapons, Tactical Nuclear Weapons, United Kingdom, United States
Countdown to Zero Soon to Premiere in Britain
Countdown to Zero, the compelling new documentary on the danger nuclear weapons pose to global security,is opening in the United Kingdom on June 21, where 77 theaters around the country will premiere the film. Read more »
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Posted by Megan Murphy on June 13, 2011
Europe, Conflict Prevention, Entertainment, Nuclear Zero, United Kingdom