Speeches
Read speeches by NTI board members, officers and staff.
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A New Agenda for U.S.-Russian Cooperation
Dec. 13, 2004 | Charles B. CurtisNTI President Charles Curtis discusses the challenges to U.S.-Russian cooperation, the need for a new, common agenda and calls on the U.S. and Russian Presidents to "take charge and take responsibility."
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A New Basis for Optimism
April 30, 2008 | Charles B. CurtisNTI President Charles Curtis addresses participants in the NPT Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference
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A New Triumph for Sanity
June 21, 2004 | Sam NunnNTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn's speech urges the U.S. and Russian Presidents to end their nations' Cold War nuclear force postures.
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Acceptance speech at Eisenhower Institute Awards Dinner by Senator Nunn
April 26, 2001 | Sam NunnThe Eisenhower Award was given to Senators Nunn and Lugar for their work in creating and sustaining legislation to help secure weapons, know-how, and materials in the former Soviet Union.
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Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Feb. 27, 2008 | Sam NunnNTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn speaks to an international conference on "Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons" in Oslo, Norway
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Black Dawn: A WMD Terrorism Exercise
May 4, 2004 | Sam NunnAt a news conference in Brussels, NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn discusses the importance of preventing a catastrophic nuclear attack.
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Building Global Cooperation for Threat Reduction
March 11, 2002 | Sam NunnSenator Nunn discusses the importance of global cooperation in keeping WMD out of terrorist hands in this speech to the Wilmington World Affairs Council in Delaware. He also describes several NTI projects and his hopes for a U.S.-Russian led global coalition against catastrophic terrorism.
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Catastrophic Terrorism and the Most Important Things to Do About It
Jan. 14, 2003 | Charles B. CurtisIn this speech at the MIT Club Washington Seminar Series, Mr. Curtis discusses the risk of catastrophic terrorism and what we need to be doing about it, including developing a comprehensive national security threat analysis, fixing government spending priorities, and realizing the G-8 commitment.
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Closing The Gap: A Model for NGO Action on Threat Reduction
March 5, 2004 | Laura HolgateIn a speech given in London, NTI's Vice President Laura Holgate discusses the role that NGOs play in the effort to reduce global threats from catastrophic terrorism.
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Combating WMD and Forging International Cooperation: Defining the Way Ahead
May 4, 2004 | Charles B. CurtisIn a speech given at the National Defense University, NTI President Charles Curtis discusses ways to build a global coalition to prevent the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and materials.
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Controlling Nuclear Warheads and Materials
March 12, 2003 | Sam NunnNTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn speaks at the National Press Club to release the report, "Controlling Nuclear Warheads and Materials: A Report Card and Action Plan." The report, by experts at the Project on Managing the Atom commissioned by NTI, recommends steps to accelerate and strengthen nuclear threat reduction programs and calls for expanding these efforts to address insecure nuclear stockpiles around the globe.
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Deterrence: Its Past and Future
Nov. 12, 2010 | Sam NunnRemarks by Senator Nunn at Deterrence Conference, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
