<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="event1texttitle"><font class="event1texttitle"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px; ">Nuclear Tipping Point</span></font></b></font></p><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">George Shultz</span></font></b></div><p><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Friday, October 15</span></font></b></p><p><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">1:00p–2:30 PM</span></font></b></p><div><b><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E51"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Wong Auditorium, E51</span></font></a></b></div><p>Please join us on Friday, Oct. 15, for a screening of <em>Nuclear Tipping Point</em>
and an intriguing public discussion about the global threat of nuclear
weapons use in the age of terrorism. George Shultz, who served as
secretary of state in the Reagan Administration from 1982 to 1989, will
be screening the film here at MIT on Friday, Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. in Wong
Auditorium (Building E51), and will take questions from the audience
afterward. This event is open to the public, and attendees are
encouraged to invite others who would take interest in the conversation.
<br><br>In 2007, the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> published an opinion
piece arguing that the time had come for the world to rid itself of
nuclear weapons. The article commanded attention, because its authors —
former secretaries of state George Shultz and Henry Kissinger, former
secretary of defense William Perry, and former senator Sam Nunn — had
given shape to the United States’ national security policies during the
Cold War and beyond.<br><br>In the new film <em>Nuclear Tipping Point</em>,
these four and others explain their strong belief that the rise of
terrorism calls for a sea change in the world’s approach to nuclear
security. The goal of nuclear deterrence, they argue, must be joined by
the overarching goal of nuclear disarmament<br><b><br></b></p><p><b>About the Speaker</b></p><p>George Shultz has had a distinguished career in government, in academia, and in business. He has held four different cabinet posts, has taught at three of the United States' greatest universities, and was president of a major engineering and construction company. Mr. Shultz held two key positions in President Reagan's administration: Chairman of the President's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981-1982) and Secretary of State (1982-1989). An alumnus and a longtime friend of MIT, Dr. Shultz earned a PhD in
industrial economics from MIT in 1949 and taught here from 1948-1957. He currently serves as the Chairman of the MIT Energy Initiative's External Advisory Board.</p></body></html>