The Nunn-Lugar/Cooperative Threat Reduction Expansion Act
About
Senator Lugar announces this bill that would authorize the Secretary of Defense to use up to $50 million of unobligated Nunn-Lugar/CTR funds for nonproliferation projects and emergencies outside the states of the former Soviet Union.
Understanding
the Nuclear Threat
Reducing the risk of nuclear use by terrorists and nation-states requires a broad set of complimentary 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.
In Depth
Global Security Newswire
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House Approves Nuclear Arms Control Restrictions Amid Veto Threat
May 18, 2012
WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday approved a number of amendments to fiscal 2013 defense authorization legislation that would restrict the President Obama’s ability to make nuclear arms reductions.
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Defeated Senator Countered Post-Cold War WMD Proliferation Threat
May 10, 2012
U.S. Senator Richard Lugar's loss on Tuesday in Indiana's Republican primary prompted bipartisan statements of empathy for the lawmaker known for a 21-year-old initiative to secure and eliminate weapons of mass destruction in former Soviet states, the Associated Press reported.
