George Shultz, Jeff Skoll, Sir Richard Branson, and Global Zero Light the Fuse on a Nuclear Anniversary
On the 25th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit, when then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Union's Secretary-General Mikhail Gorbachev nearly eliminated their nation's stockpiles of nuclear weapons, Global Zero gathered 100 of the world's foremost thinkers and doers to re-up the effort to ban the world's most dangerous weapon.
The conference's attendees included former U.S. Secretaries of State George Shultz and James Baker, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General (Ret.) James Cartwright, Skoll Global Threats Fund founder Jeff Skoll, Sir Richard Branson, and Academy Award-winning producer Lawrence Bender.
In 1986, two bold leaders envisioned the end of nuclear weapons. Twenty-five years later, 100 more leaders have seen the same.
Check back with TakePart for extended interview clips with participants from the Global Zero Summit, including George Shultz, Jeff Skoll, and Lawrence Bender.
More on the 25th Anniversary of Reykjavik:
Russia’s Reykjavik Roulette
Failing Upward: The Legacy of Reykjavik
Videos in Global Zero Summit 2011
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100 international leaders gather to ban the bomb. -
There's a path to zero nukes, and the former Secretary of State can see it. -
The Skoll Global Threats Fund founder emphasizes gains against the gravest threat. -
The START Treaty's chief negotiator talks nuclear terrorism in the Middle East. -
The doctor who helped India beat smallpox takes aim at nukes. -
The co-founder of Global Zero warns against playing politics with nuclear Armageddon. -
One nuke will lay a city to waste, so the ambassador is counting on change. -
Sound advice from a former Assistant Secretary of Defense.
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