Feb 1, 1998 | Ambassador Dhanapala, China, Cold War, Denuclearization, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S., United Nations
The end of the Cold War has wrought a profound transformation of the international political and security arena. Idealogical confrontation has been supplanted by burgeoning global relations across every field of human endeavor. There is intense alienation but also...
Jan 1, 1997 | Denuclearization, Global Terrorism, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
Former senator Alan Cranston was one of the chief architects behind the recent statement by 60 generals and admirals calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Since his retirement from the Senate in 1991, Cranston has served as Chairman of the Gorbachev...
Dec 5, 1996 | China, Cold War, Denuclearization, France, Global Terrorism, India, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
We, military professionals, who have devoted our lives to the national security of our countries and our peoples, are convinced that the continuing existence of nuclear weapons in the armories of nuclear powers, and the ever present threat of acquisition of...
Nov 1, 1996 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
November 01, 1996 As senior military officers, we have given close attention over many years to the role of nuclear weapons as well as the risks they involve. With the end of the Cold War, these weapons are of sharply reduced utility, and there is much now to be...
Aug 1, 1996 | Biothreats, China, Cold War, Denuclearization, France, Global Terrorism, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
August 1996 The Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was established as an independent commission by the then Australian Government in November 1995 to propose practical steps towards a nuclear weapon free world including the related problem of...