Nunn-lugar program history

Anticipating the possibility of loosely controlled nuclear weapons inside the former Soviet Union, key leaders in Congress and experts in the policy and academic communities began to assess the nature of this threat and to consider approaches to reducing the danger it posed to U. Out of these investigations emerged the initial Nunn-Lugar legislation and the broader Cooperative Threat Reduction program—an unprecedented effort to reduce nuclear dangers by securing or eliminating Russian weapons systems and related materials and capabilities using aid from the U.

With so many analyses already available of U. There are, however, three good reasons for doing so. First, with the recent warming in U. The project will also publish a series of electronic briefing books in Russian and English to make widely available the documents from all sides.

Maintaining this expert dialogue about the CTR experience will also make a significant contribution to the ongoing challenge of U. To date, the archive organized two major international critical oral history conferences, on U.

Skip to main content. About the Nunn-Lugar Project. In recent history, the CTR program has expanded from on-site efforts, such as the securing and disposal of nuclear material and storage site security system maintenance, to mobile WMD security control, including enhancing land and maritime border security in former Soviet territories. Legislation proposed by Sen.

CTR cooperation functions at three main levels: on-site, country-based, and global. A record of Soviet-related activity provided by the Department of Defense at the Nuclear Security Summit is as follows:.

On October 10, , the Russian government rejected an Obama Administration proposal to renew the CTR agreement after 20 years of partnership. President Vladimir Putin has stated that while Russia is open to nonproliferation cooperation, its priority is opposition to the U. Another standing issue was a stated lack of need for American financing.

The transcripts of the "critical oral history" conferences organized by the Archive will provide the foundation for one or more books analyzing the Nunn-Lugar experience, and will guide further research both by the Archive staff and by the conference participants. Maintaining this expert dialogue about the cooperative threat reduction experience will also make a significant contribution to the ongoing challenge of U.

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