Prepared for the 48th Munich Security Conference
February 2012
The Global Zero NATO-Russia Commission comprised of 15 eminent American, European and Russian security leaders and experts - and co-chaired by Amb. Richard Burt, Col. Gen. (Ret.) Victor Esin, Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger and Sir Malcolm Rifkind - issued a groundbreaking report at the Munich Security Conference on February 5, 2012, calling for the United States and Russia to remove all of their tactical nuclear weapons from combat bases on the European continent.