The Strategic Security Project was formed in March 2001 from the Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, Space Policy, and Nuclear Security projects. It works to ensure that US policies on strategic issues receive active and informed public attention. This is achieved through direct work with media, government, academics, and activists, as well as through an extensive educational website. The project is actively engaged in the current debate over national missile defense. It continues to study technical and strategic aspects of the various missile defense proposals, and translates that work into advocacy of constructive and prudent policy directions.
Space policy is another priority, with the potential weaponization of space being a focus.
The project is working with the technical and political communities to create an environment where the CTBT can be ratified. Recent focus has included new developments in seismic verification, and the potential US interest in new, smaller nuclear weapons. The project continues to advocate deep cuts in the US nuclear stockpile, with an ultimate goal of complete elimination of nuclear weapons. FAS, along with UCS, NRDC, and CDI, recently released Toward True Security , a shadow nuclear posture review intended to inform the upcoming debate on nuclear force levels with a thourough, constructive alternative.