Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies

The Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS) was a U.S.-based policy research and advocacy organization.[1] Their website described 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."[2] IDDS was founded in 1980 by Director Dr. Randall Forsberg and was based in Brookline, Massachusetts. One of the founding members of the board was former Manhattan Project physicist Philip Morrison.

Upon untimely death of Randall Forsberg, Professor Judith Reppy, as chair of the IDDS board, assumed responsibility for the IDDS archive and facilitated it's transfer to the Cornell University Library.[3]

  1. ^ "Descriptive Summary, Institute For Defense And Disarmament Studies Records,1974-2007. Collection Number: 8588". Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  2. ^ Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies Accessed July 21, 2006
  3. ^ "Randall Forsberg and the Nuclear Freeze Movement: Selected Materials from the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies Archive | Cornell University Library Digital Collections". digital.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-05.