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Nunn in 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2008. 15 This Gang of Four argued
in their 2007 article for the elimination of short-range
nuclear weapons designed to be forward-deployed. In
their subsequent article a year later, they proposed to:
start a dialogue, including within <strong>NATO</strong> <strong>and</strong> with
Russia, on consolidating the nuclear weapons designed
for forward deployment to enhance their security,
<strong>and</strong> as a first step toward careful accounting
for them <strong>and</strong> their eventual elimination. These smaller
<strong>and</strong> more portable nuclear weapons are, given their
characteristics, inviting acquisition targets for terrorist
groups. 16
Another cross-party quartet from Germany—composed
of former chancellor Helmut Schmidt, former
Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former
President Richard von Weizsäcker <strong>and</strong> retired Minister
of State Egon Bahr—called for steps toward a nuclearfree
world <strong>and</strong> for drastic nuclear reductions. 17 They
wrote that “all short-range nuclear weapons must be
destroyed” <strong>and</strong> asserted that “all remaining American
U.S. nuclear warheads should be withdrawn from
German territory.” They also called for a renunciation
of the “first-use” option by <strong>NATO</strong> <strong>and</strong> Russia:
Relics of the period of confrontation are no longer adequate
for our new century. . . . Partnership fits badly
with the still-active <strong>NATO</strong> <strong>and</strong> Russian doctrines of
nuclear first use even if neither side is subject to a nuclear
strike. A general non-first-use treaty between the
nuclear-weapon states would be an urgently-needed
step. 18
The American <strong>and</strong> German quartets were supported
<strong>and</strong> bolstered by op-eds from high-ranking
former politicians from Great Britain, Italy, Norway,
the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, Pol<strong>and</strong>, France, <strong>and</strong> Belgium. 19
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