Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

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United States government program arms control program nonproliferation program

The Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program is a U.S.-led initiative launched after the Cold War to help former Soviet states, including Kazakhstan, secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction and related infrastructure.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1991	1
Cooperative Threat Reduction initiatives	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government program ⓘ arms control program ⓘ nonproliferation program ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	CTR Program NERFINISHED ⓘ Cooperative Threat Reduction Program NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Belarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ former Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Nunn–Lugar Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	arms control ⓘ international security ⓘ nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ nuclear disarmament ⓘ
hasEffect	elimination of some intercontinental ballistic missiles in former Soviet states ⓘ elimination of some missile silos in former Soviet states ⓘ elimination of some strategic bombers in former Soviet states ⓘ improved security of nuclear materials in former Soviet states ⓘ reduction of deployed strategic nuclear delivery systems in former Soviet states ⓘ
hasPart	Strategic offensive arms elimination projects ⓘ biological threat reduction projects ⓘ chemical weapons destruction projects ⓘ nuclear material protection control and accounting projects ⓘ nuclear warhead transportation security projects ⓘ
hasPurpose	dismantlement of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ elimination of strategic delivery systems ⓘ prevention of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ reduction of nuclear threats after the Cold War ⓘ securing biological weapons ⓘ securing chemical weapons ⓘ securing nuclear weapons ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post–Cold War era ⓘ
implementedBy	Defense Threat Reduction Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1991 ⓘ
legalForm	federal program of the United States ⓘ
legislatedBy	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Richard Lugar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Nunn NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatesIn	Belarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsor	United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	United States Department of State NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kazakhstan–United States relations → cooperationProgram → Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program ⓘ

Sam Nunn → coAuthored → Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program ⓘ

Sam Nunn → coSponsored → Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1991

William Perry → notableWork → Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cooperative Threat Reduction initiatives