Scott Sagan
Countdown to Zero premiered at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival in France on May 17. The film traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs. It makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament. Among those featured in the film is SCOTT SAGAN, the Caroline S. G. Munro Memorial Professor in Political Science and co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation. He joins a stellar list of people featured in the film, including Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev and Tony Blair. The film will be released in theaters in North America this July. The film was screened on campus in April and also was featured at the Sundance Film Festival.
