The Korean Peninsula is one of the most volatile and heavily militarized places in the world, carrying tremendous risk of conflict and the potential for catastrophic nuclear exchange.
NTI President Joan Rohlfing testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on issues of nuclear security.
Sam Nunn, Nuclear Threat Initiative co-chairman and former U.S. Senator from Georgia, comments on President Donald Trump's summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power."
Ernest Moniz, chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and a former U.S. energy secretary, talks about the summit of President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Moniz also discusses the tensions between Indian and Pakistan with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts.
Re-engagement with Russia is too important to wait for the Mueller probe to end. That means it’s time for Congress to take the lead. Originally published in Politico on February 1, 2019.
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.
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 and CEO Ernest J. Moniz appeared on MSNBC Anchor Chris Jansing to discuss the results of the Helsinki Summit July 17, 2018.
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 and CEO Ernest J. Moniz appeared on CNN's New Day on June 14, 2018 to discuss the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un.
