Professor Richard Tanter

Abolishing nuclear weapons, dealing with Pine Gap, and a Nobel Peace Prize

Professor Richard Tanter is a writer, researcher, and activist. He has worked on issues around militarization in Asia, nuclear weapons, and the role of intelligence agencies in Indonesia, Japan and Australia.

More recently Richard and the late Des Ball produced eight forensic research papers on Pine Gap. This work underpinned Richard’s campaign role with other colleagues on the Australian board of ICAN. In 2017, ICAN was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its work in helping in the passage of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations.