embury the former secretary of defense during the clinton administration he's in california and tom collina director of the policy plow shares fund and he is in new hampshire secretary perry i get on here to talk about a nuclear arms race and it's not discussed in the presidential race why not we're assuming it's over. everybody believes that the dangers of nuclear weapon ended with the cold war ended which is not today in fact the probability of a nuclear catastrophe is actually greater there was during the cold war and were entered into a new arms race as dangerousness costly as the one in the cold war tom if that's true why well i think what happened is that a lot of policies that we had for the cold war for the arms race we had with the soviet union those policies never changed when the cold war ended and so as bill said people have moved on cern's have moved on to other issues but the old policies are still there and we never change them they're still dangerous and in some ways they're more dangerous than ever because people are focused on other issues and they simply don't see the dan

secretary of defense william perry and tom collina director of policy a plow shares fund co-authors of the new book. the new nuclear arms race and presidential power from truman to trump what secretary perry is what is the football and how does that work. the football is a nickname we give to the communications system which the president would use if he were on order a large dinner and that is in a briefcase is carried by his out a shady attachés always always with the president every time you see the president on a trip you will see that an officer walking military officer walking discreetly behind carrying a briefcase that's a football football is a communication system in which he cures grand there's also no. he also has to have the code to use that dep secure day and he carries out in his own pockets so restrain that. football in the car as he had all the everything you need to start a nuclear war now this happened every day 24 hours a day ok we remember the films fail safe and duck to strangelove supposin we get a false alarm but that was in the russians we get a report that they

perry the former secretary of defense during the clinton administration he's in california and tom collina director of the policy ploughshares fund and he is in new hampshire secretary perry i get on here to talk about a nuclear arms race and it's not discussed in the presidential race why not we're assuming it's over. everybody believes that the dangers of nuclear weapon ended with the cold war ended which is not today in fact the probability of a nuclear catastrophe is actually greater now was during the cold war and were entered into a new arms race is dangerousness cost is the one in the cold war tom if that's true why well i think what happened is that a lot of policies that we had for the cold war for the arms race we had with the soviet union those policies never changed it when the cold war ended and so as bill said people have moved on their cern's have moved on to other issues but the old policies are still there and we never change them they're still dangerous and in some ways they're more dangerous than ever because people are focused on other issues and they simply don't see t

we are honored to have william perry and tom collina, the nuclear arms race and presidential power. as many of you know, doctor perry served in the clinton administration and a world-renowned expert on foreign policy, national security, defense policy, arms control and a long distinguished history here at stanford. and he is a senior fellow at the hoover institution oslo and the codirector of the center for international security and cooperation from 1988 it is impressive to me because i didn't get to stanford to be an undergraduate or graduate student and now the professor emeritus at stanford facilities great to reconnect with you, mr. secretary. we also are thrilled to have doctor perry's co-author, tom collina, the director of policies. he has 30 years of washington, d.c. and nonproliferation issues he's been directly involved in the efforts to tom head of the e degree of international relations from cornell he emphasizes 15 distinguished lecture at and research fellow at the hoover institution. before coming to stanford, the deputy secretary general of nato from 2016 to 2019 an

imperio the former secretary of defense during the clinton administration he's in california and tom collinadirector of the policy plow shares fund and he is in new hampshire secretary perry i don't hear talk about nuclear arms race should not discuss in the presidential race why not we're assuming its over. everybody believes that the dangers of nuclear weapon ended with the cold war ended which is not true today in fact the probability of a nuclear catastrophe is actually greater there was during the cold war and were entered into a new arms race as dangerousness costly as the one in the cold war tom.

perry the former secretary of defense during the clinton administration he's in california and tom collina director of the policy ploughshares fund and he is in new hampshire secretary perry i don't hear talk about a nuclear arms race it is not discussed in the presidential race why not we're assuming it's over. everybody believes that the dangers of nuclear weapon ended with the cold war ended which is not true today in fact the probability of a nuclear catastrophe is actually greater there was during the cold war and we're entered into a new arms race is dangerousness costly is the one in the cold war tom if that's true why well i think what happened is that a lot of policies that we had for the cold war for the arms race we had with the soviet union those policies never changed when the cold war ended and so as bill said people have moved on if the surgeons have moved on to other issues but the old policies are still there and we never change them they're still dangerous and in some ways they're more dangerous than ever because people are focused on other issues and they simply don't se

perry the former secretary of defense during the clinton administration he's in california and tom collinadirector of the policy ploughshares fund and he is in new hampshire secretary perry i don't hear talk about a nuclear arms race and it's not discussed in the presidential race why not we were assuming it's over. everybody believes that the dangers of nuclear weapon ended with the cold war ended which is not today in fact the.

we are honored to have tom z. collina talking about "the button: thee new nuclear arms race and presidential power from truman to trump" which puts readers on the front lines and offers how this secures a safer future. many of you know doctor parry was the nineteenth secretary of defense in the clinton administration, a world renowned expert on us foreign policy, national security, defense policy, arms control and long and distinguished history at stanford. a senior fellow at fsi and the hoover institution and codirector of national security cooperation from 1988-1993 and bachelors and masters degrees in mathematics at stanford which is impressive to me because i didn't get through as a graduate student. michael and barbara, professor emeritus at stanford, great to reconnect with you, and we also are thrilled to have doctor parry's co-author here, tom z. collina. he has 30 years of washington dc experience in nonproliferation issues and senior position at the arms patrol association and institute for science and internati

we are honored to have tom z. collina talking about "the button: thee new nuclear arms race and presidential power from truman to trump" which puts readers on the front lines and offers how this secures a safer future.