The opportunity
Subtitle: next steps in reducing nuclear arms
By: Steven Pifer, Michael E. O'Hanlon
Contributors: O'Hanlon, Michael E.
Series: A Brookings focus book
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780815724292
Subjects: Nuclear arms control; History
Description: What is the future of nuclear arms control for the next American president, be it a reelected Barack Obama or a newly elected Mitt Romney? Can there be another major U S - Russia arms treaty? Can all the tactical and surplus warheads that have so far escaped controls be brought into such a framework?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why nuclear arms control should be on the president's agenda in 2013; title: U.S. nuclear policies and forces; title: Strategic nuclear force reductions after new start; title: Addressing nonstrategic nuclear weapons; title: Missile defense issues; title: The comprehensive test ban treaty and stockpile maintenance; title: Fissile materials and a production cutoff; title: Multilateralizing the process-and aspiring to zero?; title: Looking forward.