Conference Findings on the Nunn-lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program: Donor and Recipient Country Perspectives

Between August 20 and 22, 1995, officials and technical experts from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States gathered at a conference sponsored by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, in cooperation with Harvard University’s Center for Science and International Affairs, to assess the accomplishments, shortcomings, and future prospects of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program. The following narrative briefly describes the origin of the CTR program, summarizes the key points of discussion at the conference, and notes principal areas of consensus and disagreement. It concludes with a synopsis of participant views on the future of the CTR and the means to enhance its effectiveness.