The Obama vision and nuclear disarmament
By: Emily B. Landau and Tamar Malz-Ginzburg, editors
Contributors: Makhon le-meḥḳere biṭaḥon leʼumi
Series: Memorandum -- no. 107; JCSS memorandum -- no. 107.
Publisher: Institute for National Security Studies
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tel Aviv
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9789657425220
Subjects: Nuclear disarmament; Nuclear nonproliferation; Nuclear weapons; Government policy
Description: The study analyzes the major developments in nuclear arms control and disarmament in the first two years of the Obama presidency, focusing on the impact of the new disarmament agenda on the nuclear nonproliferation regime. The essays compiled here probe the Obama administration's at times conflicting emphases on nuclear arms control and disarmament, and their implications for deterrence and the determination to confront proliferators such as North Korea and Iran. Also explored here are international treaties for control and disarmament of other weapons of mass destruction; the tension in US-Russia relations over the American missile defense program; and implications of the new agenda for the Middle East, particularly as it relates to Israel and the nuclear realm.
Notes: "March 2011."

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Pt. I. A new arms control agenda led by the United States. Obama's nuclear disarmament agenda : blurred aims and priorities / Emily B. Landau; title: The Obama administration : caught between disarmament and deterrence / Jonathan Schachter; title: Part II. The Obama vision and international constraints. Between vision and reality : New START, the nuclear posture review, and the nuclear security summit / Tamar Malz-Ginzburg; title: The missile defense program : tension between the United States and Russia / Uzi Rubin; title: International nuclear nonproliferation agreements : current status and future prospects / Ephraim Asculai; title: Preventing chemical and biological weapons proliferation / David Friedman; title: Part III. The new agenda and the Middle East. Between Israel and Iran : Egypt and the 2010 NPT review conference / Shimon Stein; title: Israel and the nuclear nonproliferation regime / Yair Evron.