Concerned that the threat from nuclear weapons had fallen off most people's radar screens after the end of the Cold War, CNN founder Ted Turner and Former Senator Sam Nunn founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in January 2001.
NTI is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of use and preventing the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and to build the trust, transparency and security which are preconditions to the ultimate fulfillment of the Nonproliferation Treaty's goals and ambitions. NTI is a place of common ground where people with different ideological views are working together to close the gap between the global threats from these dangerous weapons and the global response.
NTI is co-chaired by Ted Turner and former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and is governed by an expert and influential Board of Directors with members from the United States, Russia, Japan, India, Pakistan, China, Jordan, Sweden, France and the United Kingdom. Board members include a former U.S. Secretary of Defense, members of the legislative branches of government from the United States, France, Russia and the United Kingdom; a member of the Jordanian royal family; a Nobel Prize–winning economist; a world-renowned nuclear physicist; the former commander of U.S. nuclear strategic forces and other top experts in international security issues. The foundation's activities are directed by Former Senator Nunn and NTI President Charles B. Curtis.
NTI works to raise public awareness and to urge effective action to reduce these threats. NTI has produced a film, Last Best Chance, to highlight the danger from unsecured nuclear material around the world and the need to dramatically accelerate global efforts to secure the material. The NTI-Harvard Managing the Atom Report "Securing the Bomb" provides a yearly assessment of progress in the global efforts to lock down nuclear weapons and materials and recommends specific actions to accelerate that work.
NTI's direct action projects are models for threat reduction, designed to create paths for governments and other organizations to follow. Many projects address high-risk situations involving nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and materials. Projects range from facilitating the elimination of highly enriched uranium in Kazakhstan, to supporting Russian chemical weapons destruction, to creating a revolving fund to support rapid emergency response to infectious disease outbreaks, whether naturally occurring or intentionally caused, anywhere around the world. For more information about NTI's work, please read the latest annual report.
NTI is a global initiative with offices in Washington, DC and Moscow. NTI activities are conducted with full transparency with the United States and other governments.
To learn more about the Nuclear Threat Initiative, please visit http://www.nti.org.
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NTI works to raise public awareness and to urge effective action to reduce these threats. NTI has produced a film, 
NTI's direct action projects are models for threat reduction, designed to create paths for governments and other organizations to follow. Many projects address high-risk situations involving nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and materials. Projects range from facilitating the elimination of highly enriched uranium in Kazakhstan, to supporting Russian chemical weapons destruction, to creating a revolving fund to support rapid emergency response to infectious disease outbreaks, whether naturally occurring or intentionally caused, anywhere around the world. For more information about NTI's work, please read the latest 
