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1st Place - $1,000
2nd Place - $500
3rd Place - $250
Bruce Roth, Founder of Daisy Alliance, will award
the above cash prizes to the students who submit the best original
papers.
For more information or any questions regarding the scholarship or the essay contest, please email bruce@daisyalliance.org. |
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About Daisy Alliance
The
Daisy Alliance is a nonpartisan grassroots peace organization seeking
global security through nuclear nonproliferation, disarmament, and the
elimination of all Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - nuclear,
chemical, and biological. We raise funds in order to educate the
public about the devastation that WMDs are capable of inflicting
and the threat they pose to civilization.
For more information about Bruce Roth or his book, No Time To Kill, or to order our lapel pin, please visit our website.
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Essay Topic
"The Role of NATO in the 21st Century"
The United States' role in extending a
nuclear security guarantee to allied nations in Europe has diminished
since the Cold War, and several new nuclear security threats have
emerged-North Korea has nuclear weapons, Iran may have them soon, and
there are terrorist organizations who aspire to using weapons of mass
destruction against the US and its allies. Russia and the U.S.
are no longer on the brink of nuclear war, but tensions still exist
from disagreements over missile defense, NATO expansion, and the
Russian invasion of Georgia.
Students should address all of the following questions:
- How has the deterrent usefulness of the U.S. nuclear umbrella changed since the end of the Cold War?
- What effect, if any, has this had or is
it likely to have on nonproliferation and disarmament efforts?
How important are these efforts for the security of all NATO
partners?
- Is NATO still needed to provide a nuclear security guarantee to its non-nuclear members?
- Should NATO decrease or end its reliance on nuclear weapons?
This essay should be at least 2,500 words and
not more than 3,000 words excluding footnotes and
bibliography. Papers must be submitted by January 26th, 2010
in a Word file to bruce@daisyalliance.org. Be sure to include your name, mailing address, school name, and grade. |
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