Leadership and policy innovations, from Clinton to Bush
Subtitle: countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
By: by Joseph R. Cerami
Series: Routledge research in public administration and public policy -- 3
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780415527828; 9780203100356
Subjects: Weapons of mass destruction; Nuclear nonproliferation; Government policy; Political leadership; History
Description: Throughout the Cold War there were longstanding efforts to control the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) through extensive arms control, deterrence, and defense programs. Since then counterproliferation efforts by the U.S. and international community have accelerated. Given the attention to counterproliferation in the last decade, how effective was the leadership provided by President Clinton and his Secretaries of Defense, Aspin, Perry and Cohen, in providing innovative and effective policies for countering the proliferation of WMD? Comparing the cases of U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework, the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and U.S. and U.N. efforts in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, the author examines patterns of organizational leadership and policy innovation in the development and implementation of WMD policy initiatives. Rather than criticize the framework of American and international political institutions, this leadership perspective draws important insights on the capabilities of institutions to further U.S. and international goals and objectives in security policymaking. In doing so, the book argues that the U.S.'s role and the roles of its internal government agencies are most significant in international affairs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Policy innovation and public leadership: the real work of leaders; title: Strategic narrative; title: US national security and counterproliferation policy in the Clinton Administration; title: The US-North Korea Agreed Framework; title: Russia's loose nukes and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program; title: The United States and the United Nations versus Iraq: the challenges of aligning and integrating WMD counterproliferation and nonproliferation policies; title: Findings and conclusions: the real work of leaders in national security policy innovation.