appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 4, 2007, under the title “A World Free of Nuclear Weapons.” Signed by George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, William Perry, Sam Nunn, and others, it was the product of a conference at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in October of the previous year. It is a t

s formed by four highly regarded statesmen: the quad of two Republicans, Henry Kissinger and George Schultz, as well as two Democrats, Sam Nunn and William Perry. All four are very senior veterans of the Cold War. Their strategy relies on reductions in the number of warheads loaded on the two powers' strateg

, former mayor of Amsterdam, The Netherlands James A. Pattison, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Pattison Group Inc., Vancouver William Perry, Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor Stanford University; former U.S. Secretary of Defense Michael E. J. Phelps, Chairman and Chief Executive O