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New in the Stacks
Confronting the Bomb
Professor Wittner's new
book tells the fascinating story of the world
nuclear disarmament movement. You might wonder,
"who would be opposed to peace and to the survival of the human
species?" The answers may surprise you, as they did me.
Take a quick trip behind the scenes for the past 70 years and learn why
nations cling to abhorrent, suicidal, and militarily ineffectual
weapons, which do not deter conventional warfare or terrorists and
which pose a security risk from their use by accident or by
design of terrorists.
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Announcing the
4th Annual
Daisy Alliance Student Scholarship/
Essay Contest
Daisy Alliance will award cash prizes for the best original papers discussing:
"The Role of NATO in the 21st Century"
1st Prize - $1000
2nd Prize - $500
3rd Prize - $250
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Interviews with People Who Make a Difference in Arms Control
Richard L. Garwin
 Renowned
physicist and IBM Fellow Emeritus, Richard L. Garwin, has
been awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor
in science and engineering. During his career, he taught at
Columbia, Chicago, Cornell, and Harvard, and has worked with Enrico
Fermi (who made the first nuclear reactor), at the IBM Watson
Laboratory, and for the U.S. Government on nuclear weapon technology.
Dr. Garwin designed the first hydrogen bomb while working under
Dr. Edward Teller at Los Alamos. Although he is a continuing
contributor to military technology, he is an outspoken advocate of
nuclear arms control.
In this interview, Dr. Garwin describes his role in
developing the hydrogen bomb and shares his views on Anti-Ballistic
Missile systems, the future of nuclear power, and the threat of
terrorist use of nuclear weapons acquired from North Korea,
Pakistan, or Russia. He also discusses the
"Reykjavik-2" initiative, a renewed vision of a world free of nuclear
weapons that was shared by President Ronald Reagan and General
Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev during their 1986 summit in Reykjavik,
Iceland.
Click Here to Listen to the Podcast
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Featured Stories
Obama's Youth Shaped His Nuclear Free Vision
As reported recently by the New York Times,
President Obama's nuclear free aspirations are not new. While a
senior at Columbia University, Obama wrote an article for a campus
newsmagazine, the Sundial, which shows that
the he had a passion for disarmament long before his
political career. In the article, Obama criticizes the current
nuclear world order and provides a basic outline of a plan to
accomplish his goal of a nuclear free world. Click here to read the NY Times story on President Obama. Click here to read the original article in the Sundial.
Time for A Missile Test Ban
This month's edition of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
newsletter features an op-ed suggesting the need for a ban on
missile testing, a glaring lack in the international arms control
regime. There is currently no regulation of missile
development and testing, yet the proliferation of missiles is a
cornerstone of foreign policy and plays an important role in
international interactions. The authors suggest that the time is
ripe to implement an international missile control regime to eliminate
the major threat posed by missiles. Click here to read the full article.
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