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The NTI website offers daily news and in-depth resources about the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and related issues, featuring:   
In Focus: The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) - all NTI resources related to CTBT issues, including analysis, databases and tutorials
In Focus: Nuclear Security in Pakistan - all NTI resources related to Pakistan's nuclear security, including issue briefs, country profiles, tutorials and maps
Funding for U.S. Efforts to Improve Controls Over Nuclear Weapons, Materials, and Expertise Overseas: a 2009 Update - a June 2009 NTI commissioned report by Andrew Newman and Matthew Bunn, Project on Managing the Atom
In Focus: North Korea - all NTI resources related to North Korea, including issue briefs, missile chronologies, capabilities, maps and an overview of its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs
Global Security Newswire - daily news on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons terrorism and related issues.
Country Profiles - overviews and in-depth profiles of selected countries' weapons programs.

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Securing the Bomb - comprehensive threat reduction budget data and program analysis.
UNSC Resolution 1540 Database -
a comprehensive database that provides analysis of UNSCR 1540, regional overviews of activities, nuclear, biological and chemical capabilities, and a complete state-by-state listing of 1540 reporting, as well as terrorist threats relating to its implementation.
Source Documents - publications on nonproliferation issues by government agencies and non-governmental organizations.
WMD411 - an information resource on the threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and a range of policy options to reduce these threats.

Op-Eds
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NTI op-eds are available below. For more information, contact NTI's Communications Director, at 202-296-4810.

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Updates

bullet "Nuclear Cooperation with U.A.E. in Our Interest"
June 2, 2009
In an op-ed published in The Hill, former U.S. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and former Senator Sam Nunn call for broad support for the U.S.-U.A.E. 123 Agreement and argue that it is good for the United States from a U.S. national security standpoint and also good for the international nonproliferation regime.
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bullet "Case For Ratifying Nuclear Test Ban"
June 2, 2009
In an op-ed in Politico, Sam Nunn, Bill Perry and Sandy Berger propose a plan for initiating a bipartisan process between the White House and the Senate to reconsider the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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bullet "Help Russia Help Us"
May 30, 2008
In an op-ed in The New York Times, former Senator Sam Nunn and Senator Richard Lugar explain the need for a civil nuclear cooperation agreement (the 123 agreement) between the United States and Russia. The senators explain that U.S. and Russian cooperation is essential to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and that virtually every nuclear danger America faces will be made more difficult and more dangerous without this agreement.
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bullet "Toward a Nuclear-Free World"
January 15, 2008
A Wall Street Journal op-ed by former Secretaries of State George Shultz and Henry Kissinger, former Defense Secretary William Perry, former Senator Sam Nunn and other leading security experts advancing the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the concrete steps needed to make progress in that direction.
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bullet "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons"
January 2007
An op-ed by George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn and published in The Wall Street Journal which outlines a vision of a world free of nuclear weapons together with specific steps that can reduce nuclear dangers.
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bullet Wall Street Journal Op-ed by Sam Nunn
May 24, 2006
In an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, Sam Nunn discusses the U.S. - India nuclear deal in the broader context of our greatest security threat — nuclear terrorism — and proposes a way to reduce the risks of the deal without rejecting it.
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bullet "NATO's Black Dawn: Now in rehearsal, the unthinkable," by Sam Nunn and Pierre Lellouche
May 31, 2005
In an op-ed published in The International Herald Tribune, Sam Nunn and NATO Parliamentary Assembly President and NTI Board of Directors member Pierre Lellouche discuss Europe's vulnerability to nuclear terrorism.
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bullet "The Cold War's Nuclear Legacy Has Lasted Too Long," by Sam Nunn
December 6, 2004
In an op-ed published in The Financial Times, Sam Nunn discusses U.S. and Russian nuclear postures.
bullet "A Test of Leadership On Sea Island," by Sam Nunn and Michele Flournoy
June 8, 2004
In an op-ed published in The Washington Post, Sam Nunn of NTI and Michele Flournoy of the Center of Strategic and International Studies comment on the G-8 Global Partnership and outline 10 steps that G-8 leaders could take at Sea Island to help win the race against terrorism.
bullet "Nuclear Terrorism: Unite Against the Gravest Threat," by Sam Nunn
May 28, 2003
In an op-ed published in The International Herald Tribune, Sam Nunn urges the G8 leaders to give top priority to preventing the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons when they meet at this year's summit in Evian, France.
bullet "Diseases Gaining Ground: SARS Exposes Gaps in Public Health Systems," by Sam Nunn and Margaret Hamburg, M.D.
May 26, 2003
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, this op-ed outlines the weaknesses in our global health system that have been exposed through the global response to SARS.
bullet "Still Missing: A Nuclear Strategy," by NTI Board Members Sam Nunn, William Perry & Eugene Habiger
May 21, 2002
In this op-ed published in The Washington Post, Presidents Bush and Putin are encouraged to seize the opportunity at their upcoming summit to reduce the global nuclear threat.
bullet "U.S. Can't Ignore Nuclear Threat," by Ted Turner
May 16, 2002
In an op-ed in USA Today, Ted Turner calls for increased awareness of the nuclear weapons threat by U.S. and Russian leaders, the media, and the global community.
bullet "Eye on a Worldwide Weapons Cache," by Senator Richard Lugar
December 6, 2001
Much is written these days about what is next with the war on terrorism. Senator Lugar has written a doctrine defining the U.S. direction for years to come.
bullet "Our New Security Framework," by Sam Nunn
October 8, 2001
In this op-ed in The Washington Post, Senator Nunn outlines new opportunities for U.S.-Russian relations in light of the September 11th attacks.
bullet "Living in a New Era of Insecurity," by Sam Nunn
September 16, 2001
In reaction to the September 11th terrorist attacks, Senator Nunn describes the potential threat and makes recommendations on the response in this op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
bullet "When Bush Meets Putin," by Sam Nunn
June 12, 2001
This op-ed by Senator Nunn in The Washington Post outlines the key issues surrounding the June meeting between Presidents Bush and Putin.

 

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