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Einaudi Center for International Studies

Cornell University

How the U.S Achieved its De Facto Nuclear Test Ban

lapel button reads Nuclear Weapons Freeze, directed at USSR and USA
November 13, 2025

David Cortright, PACS

Visiting scholar David Cortright (PACS) explains how citizen activism and legislative pressures led to the United States' current nuclear moratorium—and why they will be needed again to preserve it.

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Topic

  • World in Focus

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Program

Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies