Richard Lugar

The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a decrease in the security of nuclear storage facilities in that area. As a result, some fear that nuclear weapons material is easily accessible to terrorists. Richard Lugar, a U.S. Senator from Indiana, contends in the following viewpoint that through the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, the United States can reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism by helping Russia secure its nuclear storage facilities and dismantle its nuclear warheads.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Lugar, how has the collapse of the Soviet Union made weapons of mass destruction more accessible"

2. What steps can be taken to prevent the smuggling of Russian nuclear weapons material, in the author’s view"

3. How does the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici legislation reduce...