Threat Reduction Initiatives

Threat Reduction

The Eisenhower Institute has been focusing on security threats and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Eisenhower Institute President, Susan Eisenhower, served on the Baker-Cutler Commission and Ms. Eisenhower is also on the Board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

Testimony of Dr. Sigfried S. Hecker, Senior Fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 23, 2002 on "Increasing Our Nonproliferation Efforts in the Former Soviet Union"

Testimony in English || Testimony in Russian

Speech by President Vladimir Putin of Russia. "It is a matter of fundamental importance that the interaction between our countries in the struggle against terrorism should not remain a mere episode in the history of Russian-American relations, but should mark the start of long-term partnership and cooperation..."

Baker-Cutler Report.  The Secretary of Energy Advisory Panel originally transmitted this report on January 10, 2001.

Crowe Commission. The State Department Response to the Congress on Actions Taken by the Department of State in Response to the Program Recommendations of the Accountability Review Boards on the Embassy Bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, April 1999.

Eisenhower Institute staff meets with Representatives of the Kazakh Nuclear Industry
Following the events of September 11, 2001, the issue of security for nuclear, chemical and biological weapons has moved to the forefront. Fears of future terrorist attacks and the possibility that they might involve weapons of mass destruction have come to dominate today's headlines. On September 20, 2001, just nine days after the devastating attacks on New York and Washington, DC, representatives from the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Institute of Non-Proliferation, and the Embassy of Kazakhstan visited the Eisenhower Institute to discuss the continuing efforts of the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) regime. The discussion reinforced the notion that more can be accomplished to further enhance the CTR programs currently underway in Kazakhstan.