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Through grants to policy research institutions worldwide, MacArthur aims to reduce global risks from nuclear weapons, foster security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region and strengthen independent scientific advice on international security matters.
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May 29, 2009
The Foundation is committing $68 million over seven years to a new Asia Security Initiative that will increase the effectiveness of international cooperation in fostering peace and security in Asia. Read more »
Press Releases
February 11, 2010
Nuclear Tipping Point, a new documentary by MacArthur grantee the Nuclear Threat Initiative, examines contemporary nuclear dangers and features interviews with former U.S. Secretaries of State George Shultz and Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, and former Sen. Sam Nunn. Learn about the documentary »
December 18, 2009
With support from MacArthur, the U.S. National Research Council conducted a four-year study resulting in this new report on Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities. Given the likelihood that U.S. armed forces appear to be preparing to engage in cyberattack and the fact that domestic law enforcement agencies also engage in a form of cyberattack when they jam cell phone networks to prevent detonation of improvised explosive devices, U.S. use of cyberattack raises policy and legal issues that the National Research Council sought to explore. Read the report (PDF) »
October 29, 2009
A new report (PDF) by the International Panel on Fissile Materials offers an annual review of global nuclear weapons stockpiles, production, and elimination, providing necessary context for a path to nuclear disarmament. The panel’s website also provides an interactive map showing the global distribution of civilian highly-enriched uranium.
October 21, 2009
Research by MacArthur grantee and Stanford University physicist Dean Wilkening informed a September 2009 U.S. decision to shift its missile defense policy in Europe. Earlier in the year, Wilkening presented technical proposals to the Obama administration for alternatives to planned system deployments in Poland and the Czech Republic that would still permit interception of short-and medium-range Iranian missiles. The shift was well received by Russia, which had objected to the Polish and Czech deployments. Read the proposals (PDF) »
April 21, 2009
More than 840 academics, government officials, journalists, and policy experts from 44 nations attended a nonproliferation conference in Washington organized by MacArthur grantee the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In two days of panels, many of which featured MacArthur grantees, experts explored ways to strengthen the nonproliferation regime. Visit the conference website »
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