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George Bunn
Consulting Professor at CISAC and FSI (retired) (former)View George Bunn's bio, list of research, recent publications and events »
January 22nd, 2010
George Bunn, the norm builder, featured in Arms Control Wonk
in the news: Arms Control Wonk on January 20, 2010A tribute to CISAC's George Bunn, one of the founding fathers of nuclear arms control, in the influential blog, Arms Control Wonk. 
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September 6th, 2007
CISAC's George Bunn outlines steps to eliminate nuclear weapons
CISAC's George Bunn and colleague John Rhinelander, in a policy brief issued by the World Security Institute and the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, outline steps the United States would need to take in order to lead an international effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Following on recent proposals to revive the vision presented in an unprecedented dialogue between President Ronald Reagan and Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev at the October 1986 Reykjavik Summit, Bunn and Rhinelander, two former arms control negotiators, discuss how to realize the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons.
March 9th, 2006
CISAC faculty weigh benefits, concerns of U.S.-India nuclear deal
in the news: Stanford Report on March 9, 2006The nuclear cooperation agreement reached by President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has raised concerns among nuclear nonproliferation experts that it could weaken the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty by granting special nuclear privlieges to India, a nation that has not signed the treaty. Interviewed by New Delhi TV and the Stanford Report, CISAC visiting professor George Bunn and CISAC consulting professor Paul Kapur discussed concerns and hopes raised by the proposed agreement.
- » Stanford Report: "India nuclear agreement: Good news and bad news, CISAC scholars say"
- » New Delhi TV: "Bush faces uphill task on Indo-US nuke deal"
May 16th, 2005
Nuclear treaty 'not a failure' despite challenges, says first U.S. arms control general counsel
This month opened with a bleak couple of weeks for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Delegates from 189 countries struggled to settle on an agenda for the seventh 5-year review of the treaty, North Korea announced a new extraction of plutonium from its reactor to make nuclear weapons, and Iran stood firm against European attempts to dissuade it from pursuing a nuclear energy program that could be diverted for weapons-making. Yet speaking on BBC's "The World," CISAC's George Bunn, who helped negotiate the treaty, cautioned against despair. Read more »
April 26th, 2005
Two CISAC arms control experts join call for nations to strengthen Non-Proliferation Treaty
CISAC's William Perry and George Bunn joined 21 other nonproliferation experts in a public statement that calls upon all governments to strengthen the Non-Proliferation Treaty during the pact's review conference this May. Along with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and others from around the world, Perry and Bunn urged nations to "recommit themselves to the legal and political obligations established by the treaty" and to "agree on a specific and balanced program of action to strengthen treaty implementation and compliance."