The Nuclear Chessboard 2012
The Commonwealth Club of California hosted former Secretary of State George Shultz, former Defense Secretary William Perry and Senator Sam Nunn for a discussion of international security, nuclear threats, Iran’s drive to build a bomb, the North Korean nuclear weapons program and future prospects for limiting the spread of nuclear materials and eventually eliminating nuclear weapons.
The event took place February 23 at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco and was moderated by Philip Taubman, author of The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb.
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Sam Nunn
Former US Senator Nunn represented Georgia for 24 years (1972-1996), where he served as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and on the Intelligence and Small Business Committees.
Understanding
the Nuclear Threat
Reducing the risk of nuclear use by terrorists and nation-states requires a broad set of complementary strategies targeted at reducing state reliance on nuclear weapons, stemming the demand for nuclear weapons and denying organizations or states access to the essential nuclear materials, technologies and know-how.
