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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:   
new 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.
  
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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Issues & Analysis - introductions and full briefs on a variety of relevant security issues.
Securing the Bomb - comprehensive threat reduction budget data and program analysis.
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.

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NTI speeches, press releases, op-eds, testimony, transcripts, reports and analysis are available in this section.
For more information, contact NTI's Communications Director, at 202-296-4810.

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Recent Updates

 
bullet Securing the Bomb 2008
The report commissioned by NTI finds that the world still faces a "very real" risk that terrorists could get a nuclear bomb. The Obama Administration must make reducing that risk a top priority of U.S. security policy and diplomacy, according to the report, which is accompanied by a paper offering a specific agenda for the presidential transition and the opening weeks of the new administration.
November 18, 2008
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bullet Lowy Institute for International Policy, PIR Center and Peace Research Institute Frankfurt to Work in Partnership with NTI's Nuclear Security Project
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) announced that it will work together with the Lowy Institute in Australia, PIR Center in Russia and Peace Research Institute Frankfurt in Germany to advance international dialogue and understanding about reversing reliance on nuclear weapons globally, preventing their proliferation and ultimately ending them as a threat to the world.
November 6, 2008
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bullet Statement of Sam Nunn On the Removal of Nuclear Weapons Material from Hungary
Senator Nunn praised the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration for its leadership in the successful removal of spent nuclear fuel from Hungary.
October 23, 2008
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bullet WINS is Launched in Vienna
NTI launches a first-of-its-kind organization to strengthen the physical protection and security of nuclear and radioactive materials and facilities worldwide.
September 29, 2008
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Read Sam Nunn's Remarks
Visit WINS website
bullet Senator Nunn Testifies Before the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
September 10, 2008
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bullet UAE Commits $10 Million to NTI/IAEA Fuel Bank
Commitment gives fuel bank critical momentum.
August 7, 2008
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bullet NTI President Charles B. Curtis moderated a panel discussion on "Interaction between the Private Sector and National Strategies Against Nuclear Terrorism" and gave opening remarks at the Fourth Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism in Madrid, Spain.
June 16, 2008
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bullet "The Race Between Cooperation and Catastrophe"
NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn spoke at the American Academy in Berlin about the need for NATO countries to work together and with Russia, to address the security threats posed by emerging new nuclear weapons states, proliferation of enrichment, poorly secured nuclear material and catastrophic terrorism.
June 12, 2008
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bullet Sam Nunn Accepts Hessian Peace Prize
NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn was honored with the Hessian Peace Prize for his "long-standing involvement and strong engagement in avoiding nuclear conflicts and his work toward nuclear disarmament." In his acceptance remarks, he spoke about the need to reduce global nuclear dangers.
June 11, 2008
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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 "Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: Our Highest Priority — Isn't"
May 21, 2008
NTI President Charles Curtis spoke to a National Defense University Foundation-sponsored national security seminar in Washington, DC.
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bullet "A New Basis for Optimism"
May 2, 2008
NTI President Charles Curtis addresses participants in the NPT Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference
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bullet Dr. Alexei Arbatov Joins NTI Board of Directors
May 1, 2008
Dr. Alexei Arbatov, one of Russia's leading experts in international security and international relations, has joined the Board of Directors of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
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bullet Statement by NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn on Department of Energy's HEU Blenddown Announcement
April 24, 2008
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bullet NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn speaks to an international conference on "Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons" in Oslo, Norway
February 27, 2008
Former Sen. Sam Nunn spoke to conference participants from 29 countries about the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the steps that should be taken to reduce nuclear dangers and begin to make that vision a reality.
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Read more about the vision and the steps
bullet Pete Peterson and Warren Buffett to Provide Major Gift to the Nuclear Threat Initiative
February 15, 2008
Pete Peterson and Warren Buffett have each committed $2.5 million in 2008 and $2.5 million in 2009 to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). The Peterson-Buffett grant will support projects to prevent catastrophic nuclear terrorism and help raise public awareness about the urgent need for comprehensive steps to reduce nuclear dangers.
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bullet NTI's Global Health and Security Program Receives Major Grant from Google Foundation
January 17, 2008
The Google Foundation today announced a $2.5 million grant to NTI's Global Health and Security Initiative (GHSI) to greatly enhance its work to rapidly detect, identify and respond to infectious disease outbreaks in Southeast Asia.
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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 NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn praises U.S. commitment of $50 million to help create a low enriched uranium stockpile managed by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
December 28, 2007
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bullet Statement of Former Senator Sam Nunn on the U.S. - Russian Joint Statement on Russian Plutonium Disposition
November 19, 2007
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bullet "Reducing the Global Nuclear Danger: International Cooperation – the Indispensable Security Imperative," by Charles B. Curtis
November 2007
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bullet Securing the Bomb 2007 released, the new report, commissioned by NTI
September 26, 2007
Report cites dangerous gap in efforts to thwart nuclear terrorism; calls for urgent global campaign to reduce the risk.
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bullet Statement by NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn on the Successful Operation to Remove Nuclear Weapons Material from Vietnam
September 18, 2007
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bullet "Energy and Global Security: Towards a Cooperative Approach"
September 14, 2007
NTI President Charles B. Curtis speaks on energy security, nuclear security and climate change at the International Conference on Energy and Global Security Cooperation in Gstaad, Switzerland.
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bullet NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn and U.S. Senator Richard Lugar Mark the 15th Anniversary of Nunn-Lugar CTR Program.
August 27, 2007
Sam Nunn delivers a speech at the Spaso House in Moscow celebrating the 200th anniversary of US-Russian diplomatic relations.
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bullet NTI Board of Directors Endorses Vision and Steps Outlined in Shultz, Perry, Kissinger, Nunn Op-Ed Calling for "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons"
June 27, 2007
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bullet "The Mountaintop: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," Sam Nunn speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations
June 14, 2007
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bullet Sam Nunn speaks at the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle.
June 11, 2007
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bullet Senator Nunn Testifies Before House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Nuclear Weapons Policy
May 10, 2007
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bullet Senator Nunn Testifies Before House Appropriations Subcommittee on Nuclear Weapons Policy
March 29, 2007
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bullet Southeast Asian Nations Conduct Joint Exercise in Cambodia to Improve Flu Pandemic Response
March 14, 2007
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bullet "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons"
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.
January 2007
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bullet "Nuclear Energy and Security:  The 2006 Richard B. Russell Symposium," by Sam Nunn
October 17, 2006
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bullet Statement by Sam Nunn about the Apparent North Korean Nuclear Test
October 9, 2006
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bullet NTI and DOE Announce Key Nonproliferation Project with Kazakhstan
September 29, 2006
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bullet NTI Commits $50 Million to Create IAEA Nuclear Fuel Bank
September 19, 2006
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Read Nunn's Speech
bullet 9/11 Families, NTI Launch Campaign to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism; Want to Turn 9/11 Commission's 'D' into an 'A'
September 13, 2006
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bullet Bush, Putin Announce New "Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism."
July 15, 2006
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bullet 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. 
May 24, 2006
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bullet Statement by NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn on the Transfer of Irradiated HEU Fuel from Uzbekistan to Russia
May 4, 2006
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bullet Laura Holgate, NTI Vice President of Russia/NIS programs, speaks on "Linking Energy Security and Nuclear Security" in remarks at a Moscow conference previewing the 2006 G8 Summit
April 21, 2006
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bullet Turner, Nunn, Health Experts Release Results of Georgia Exercises, Propose Actions to Improve Preparedness for Bioterrorism and Bird Flu
April 18, 2006
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Read Nunn's Remarks

 

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