The opportunity : next steps in reducing nuclear arms / Steven Pifer ; Michael E. O'Hanlon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pifer, Steven.

Contributor:

O'Hanlon, Michael E.

Series:

Brookings FOCUS Book

Brookings focus books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear arms control--21st century.

Nuclear arms control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For some observers, nuclear arms control is either a relic of the cold war, or a utopian dream about a denuclearized planet decades in the future. But, as Brookings scholars Steven Pifer and Michael O'Hanlon argue in The Opportunity, arms control can address some key security challenges facing Washington today and enhance both American and global security.Pifer and O'Hanlon make a compelling case for further arms control measures-to reduce the nuclear threat to the United States and its allies, to strengthen strategic stability, to promote greater transparency regarding secre

Contents:

Why nuclear arms control should be on the president's agenda in 2013

U.S. nuclear policies and forces

Strategic nuclear force reductions after new start

Addressing nonstrategic nuclear weapons

Missile defense issues

The comprehensive test ban treaty and stockpile maintenance

Fissile materials and a production cutoff

Multilateralizing the process-and aspiring to zero?

Looking forward.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781283646413

1283646412

9780815724308

0815724306

OCLC:

817823676