Sam Nunn, co-founder and co-chair of NTI and former U.S. Senator from Georgia, spoke with Bloomberg’s David Westin on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power,” on January 29, 2019. Sam Nun commented on the state of U.S. relations with Russia.
Former Senator Sam Nunn, Co-Chair of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, gives remarks at the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) 10th Anniversary event in Vienna, Austria.
This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, one of the world’s most horrific conflicts. One of the best accounts of how this tragedy began, by the historian Christopher Clark, details how a group of well-meaning European leaders – “The Sleepwalkers” – led their nations into a war with 40 million military and civilian casualties. Today, we face similar risks of mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals, compounded by the potential for the use of nuclear weapons – where millions could be killed in minutes rather than over four years of protracted trench warfare. Do we have the tools to prevent an incident turning into unimaginable catastrophe?
NTI Co-Chair Sam Nunn discusses the Helsinki Summit with Bloomberg Anchors Shery Ahn and Kevin Cirilli on July 17, 2018.
NTI CEO and Co-Chair Ernest J. Moniz and NTI Co-Chair Sam Nunn highlight the need for US-Russia dialogue to reduce nuclear dangers ahead of the Helsinki Summit. Originally published in The Hill.
Des Browne, Wolfgang Ischinger, Igor Ivanov, and Sam Nunn issued a statement in Moscow, Munich, London and Washington with specific proposals for the two presidents for reducing and eliminating nuclear and other military risks.
NTI Co-Chair Sam Nunn discusses the agreement by the United States and North Korea to seek complete denuclearization and how to proceed through the disarmament process. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."
Former Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar encourage leaders to use the Nunn-Lugar Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 as a model for verifying possible nuclear disarmament if a deal is reached in upcoming US-North Korea talks.
In the Euro-Atlantic region today, the risks of a fateful error leading to nuclear conflict are compounded by heightened tensions between NATO and Russia – and little communication between military and political leaders. In the absence of some positive initiative, we will continue to drift toward danger.
