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Arms control has not been a priority for major global powers. Almost two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the US and Russia alone have more than 20,000 weapons, and small countries like Iraq and North Korea have presented nuclear threats. A group of policy experts, including George Schultz and Henry Kissinger, have called for a shift in US policy, arguing that the US lead the charge to...

North Korea was inching its way toward disabling its nuclear reactor, sealing its plutonium waste and reaching agreement on other nuclear issues. Then on April 24, the US accused North Korea of aiding Syria in constructing a nuclear reactor for use in making weapons – a structure destroyed by Israel in September 2007. Syria and North Korea deny the claim and point out that the US continues to...

Ted Turner started a global broadcasting network well before globalization became a common currency. His philanthropic efforts have since demonstrated both his global vision and blunt assessments of the challenges facing the world. As such, Turner is a master of globalization. As co-founder of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Turner delivered the keynote address at a Yale Center for the Study of...