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Throughout UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the East-West Institute on October 24, 2008, he referred to the "contagious" doctrine of deterrence and put forth a five point proposal to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. He talked of the role of the NPT, the Security Council, the rule of law, accountability and transparency. On April 5, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama gave a historic speech in Prague. His speech touched upon the need for shared security in addressing nuclear weapons. Finally, he stated that the USA is committed towards achieving a nuclear-weapon-free world. On December 10, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech, entitled "A Just and Lasting Peace," on the occasion of accepting the Noble Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. His speech focused on the concepts of just war and sustainable peace. An article written by John Holdren, Science Advisor to the Obama administration, in April 1998. In this article, he argues that "the potential benefits of comprehensive nuclear disarmament are so attractive relevant to the attendant risks – and the opportunities presented by the end of the Cold War and a range of other international trends are so compelling – that increased attention is now warranted to studying and fostering the conditions that would have to be met to make prohibition desirable and feasible." A Global Undertaking: Realizing the Disarmament Promise of the NPT A briefing paper from The Middle Powers Initiative written by Dr. John Burroughs. (Jan 2010) The Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Program Presentation of Pervez Hoodbhoy on 14 July 2009 in New York City at a meeting sponsored by the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy and The Nation. The Future of Nuclear Arms: A World United and Divided by Zero (Arms Control Today, April 2009) Randy Rydell Ever since nuclear weapons were first used in World War II, there have been proposals to eliminate them. The world today is largely united on the merits of this goal but remains deeply divided over how to achieve it. Learning Not to Love the Bomb (New York Times, 19 February 2009) Philip Taubman The Obama Administration seems ready to resuscitate relations with Russia, including by renewing nuclear-arms-reduction talks. Revitalizing high-level nonproliferation and disarmament talks (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 4 February 2009) Gareth Evans Unproductive blame shifting has dominated the nuclear debate in recent years, frustrating progress and serving only the interests of those who are content to see no movement on nonproliferation and disarmament. Nuclear Weapons after Bush: A Role for the People (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation website, 27 January 2009) David Krieger As with so many other areas of vital importance to the nation and the world, George W. Bush showed no interest in the abolition of nuclear weapons. Reassessing the Role of Nuclear Weapons (Arms Control Association website, Jan/Feb 2009) Daryl Kimball Beginning January 20, US nuclear weapons policy can and must change. UK Does Not Need a Nuclear Deterrent (The Times (London), 16 January 2009) Field Marshal Lord Bramall, General Lord Ramsbotham and General Sir Hugh Beach Abdicating U.S. Nonproliferation Leadership (Foreign Policy in Focus website, 12 January 2009) Russ Wellen The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was dealt yet another reeling blow by the recent US-India nuclear deal. Anti-nuclear Nuclearism (Foreign Policy in Focus website, 12 January 2009) Darwin BondGraham and Will Parrish The Obama administration is likely to continue a policy that we call “anti-nuclear nuclearism.” Toward a nuclear-free world: a German view (International Herald Tribune, 9 January 2009) Helmut Schmidt, Richard von Weizsacker, Egon Bahr and Hans-Dietrich Genscher The United Nations and Security in a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World (24 October 2008) Address to the East-West Institute by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon This is one of the gravest challenges facing international peace and security. Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World (24 July 2008) F. Calogero, M D’Alema, G. Fini, G. La Malfa, A. Parisi (English translation of an article published in Italian in Il Corriere della Sera newspaper) In an article published in January 2007 in the Wall Street Journal a bipartisan quartet of eminent American statesmen . . . Start worrying and learn to ditch the bomb (The Times (London) online, 30 June 2008) Douglas Hurd, Malcolm Rifkind, David Owen and George Robertson During the Cold War nuclear weapons had the perverse effect of making the world a relatively stable place. Envisioning a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (Foreign Ministry of Norway, June 2008) Jonas Gahr Store Toward a Nuclear-Free World (Wall Street Journal, 15 January 2008) Henry Kissinger, Sam Nunn, William Perry and George Shultz The accelerating spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear know-how and nuclear material has brought us to a nuclear tipping point. A World Free of Nuclear Weapons? (25 June 2007) Margaret Beckett, Foreign Secretary, UK Kenote Address to the Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference I expect that many – if not all – of you here today read an article which appeared in the Wall Street Journal at the very start of this year. The Nuclear Threat (Wall Street Journal, 31 January 2007) Mikhail Gorbachev The essay “A World Free of Nuclear Weapons,” published in this newspaper on January 4, was signed by a bipartisan group of four influential Americans . . . A World Free of Nuclear Weapons (Wall Street Journal, 4 January 2007) Henry Kissinger, Sam Nunn, William Perry and George Shultz Nuclear weapons today present tremendous dangers but also a historic opportunity.
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