Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
- Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
The Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies is a U.S.-based policy research and advocacy organization. Their website describes them as "a nonprofit center where we study global military policies, arms holdings, production and trade, arms control and peace-building efforts; and run educational programs on current and alternative policies." [ [http://www.idds.org/ Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies] Accessed July 21, 2006] IDDS was founded in 1980 by Director Dr. Randall Forsberg and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One of the founding members of the board was former Manhattan Project physicist Philip Morrison.
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