Washington, DC - On Thursday May 31, three public
interest groups will release the just published Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative
Security? U.S. Weapons of Terror, the Global Proliferation Crisis, and
Paths to Peace. Speakers at a briefing for Congressional staff members
and the media will be authors Dr. John Burroughs and Michael
Spies, of the New York-based, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear
Policy; Jacqueline Cabasso, of the California-based Western States
Legal Foundation; and Jennifer Nordstrom, of the New York-based
Reaching Critical Will project of the Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom. The panel will be moderated by Phyllis Bennis,
of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC.
Topics of the briefing include:
- The state of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (including the U.S.-India
nuclear deal)
- Iran and the nuclear fuel cycle
- U.S. nuclear warhead modernization programs; Complex 2030; and new
delivery systems
- Recommendations for U.S. nuclear weapons policy
A response to the report of the Hans Blix-led Weapons of Mass Destruction
Commission, released one year ago, Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative
Security offers analysis and recommendations regarding U.S. policy
in relation to the international security framework, nuclear weapons R&D,
non-proliferation and disarmament, Iran and the nuclear fuel cycle, climate
change and nuclear power, missiles and weapons in space, and demilitarization
and redefining security in human terms. The authors are experts in law
and policy relating to nuclear weapons, and bring a fresh, critical perspective,
informed by many years of experience. They recently returned from a Non-Proliferation
Treaty review meeting in Vienna.
Hans Blix, Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission,
says regarding the book: “This assessment of our Final Report and
its 60 recommendations is exactly the kind of response we were hoping
for. The Report has now been critically reviewed and scrutinized by experts
from civil society organizations, adding to its credibility. A very timely
and important contribution.” Congresswoman Barbara Lee says:
“This book is an important contribution to the effort to rid out
planet of weapons of mass destruction, and I encourage my colleagues in
Congress to read it.” |
