The Nunn-Lugar Vision: 20 Years of Reducing Global Dangers
Marking the 20th anniverary of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, an updated brochure recounts the history of the program's inception, including efforts to pass the legislation in Congress and program milestones throughout two decades.
The brochure also highlights Nunn-Lugar's evolving global role and features quotes from President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush and Senator John McCain, among others. It includes the Nunn-Lugar Scorecard, listing weapons and materials of mass destruction destroyed through cooperation with nations worldwide.
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An updated brochure tells the history of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.
Understanding
the Biological Threat
In Depth
Global Security Newswire
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Threat Reduction Program Must be Updated, Russia Says
Feb. 6, 2013
Russia is open to continued cooperation with the United States on the secure elimination of Soviet-era unconventional weapons so long as it takes place under a modernized bilateral agreement, Interfax reported on Tuesday.
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Danger of Trafficked Nuclear, Radiological Materials Lingers: Experts
Nov. 16, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, the threat of a terrorist or criminal organization acquiring and smuggling nuclear or radioactive materials out of Russia or its former states persists, nonproliferation experts familiar with the issue say (see GSN, Sept. 29).
