Ambassador Graham is the former Acting Director of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) under President Clinton, and the Special Representative of President Clinton for Arms Control, Non-proliferation and Disarmament, a position in which he took the lead role in the negotiating the 1995 permanent extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Ambassador Graham served as general counsel of ACDA during the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.
Topics discussed in this interview include: Ambassador Graham's forthcoming book on nuclear-free zones; the negotiations that led to the extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1995; learning the art of diplomacy; the path that Graham took to becoming an arms control negotiator; Graham's experience of being politically persecuted for his work; Graham's thoughts on Linus Pauling; President Obama's activities with regard to nuclear non-proliferation; Graham's memories of negotiating on behalf of multiple presidential administrations; Graham's work to ban the use of chemical and biological weapons; and Graham's thoughts on climate change, including the crucial role that nuclear power might play in the near future.
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