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Historians, scholars, filmmakers and journalists gathered for a 50th anniversary retrospective on the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Topics ranged from the history of the incident, its impact on…

October 1992 marked the 30th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1992 the Central Intelligence Agency hosted its first-ever symposium on the crisis. Speaking at the event were former…

Mohamad El Baradei spoke about international politics and nuclear non-proliferation. Among the topics he addressed were nuclear development programs in developing countries, efforts by Iran …

Queen Noor of Jordan led a discussion on the issue of nuclear disarmament at the Kennedy Library. The Queen urged congressional passage of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Ru…

A panel discussion on how U.S. foreign policy and the presidency have been shaped by the development, use, and spread of nuclear weapons focused on foreign policy decision-making during the …

A panel discussion on how U.S. foreign policy and the presidency have been shaped by the development, use, and spread of nuclear weapons focused on efforts to halt the spread of nuclear weap…

Mr. Allison spoke about potential nuclear attacks by terrorist groups, and use of weapons of mass destruction by terrorist cells. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Gr…

A panel discussion was held on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. Topics included policy measures global powers could take to shore up the non-proliferation regime, incentives for a cou…

Mr. El Baradei, the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, spoke about nuclear defense technology, saying countries that possess nuclear programs should move away from their nuclear defenses to se…

Graham Allison talked about his book Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, published by Times Books. Professor Allison assessed the likelihood of weapons-grade nuclear ma…

Graham Allison, director of Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, talked by video link from Boston about the dangers of nuclear proliferation and access t…

Participants talked about President Bush’s upcoming trip to Russia in which he and President Putin will sign a monumental nuclear arms reduction treaty to lower the number of nuclear warhead…

Panelists discussed deterring nuclear and convention warfare. They answered audience questions.