US Nuclear Policy: The Open Window for Transformation

It is often said that the world is at a nuclear tipping point. By this, analysts mean that the policy choices people make over the next few years may determine if they tip over into nuclear catastrophe or pull back from the various brinks on which they now teeter. Those who thought talk of nuclear d...

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Published in:Harvard international review 2009-03, Vol.31 (1), p.42-46
Main Author: CIRINCIONE, JOSEPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arms control & disarmament
Arms control agreements
Atomic weapons
Bipartisanship
Cooperation
Disarmament
Energy policy
FEATURES: FRONTIERS OF CONFLICT: waging modern war
Forecasts and trends
International relations
Market trend/market analysis
Military alliances
Missiles
National security
Nuclear energy
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear tests
Nuclear weapons
Obama, Barack
Policy making
Presidency
Presidents
Terrorism
Threats
Treaties
Trends
Weapons
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Summary:It is often said that the world is at a nuclear tipping point. By this, analysts mean that the policy choices people make over the next few years may determine if they tip over into nuclear catastrophe or pull back from the various brinks on which they now teeter. Those who thought talk of nuclear disasters was a thing of the past, that the end of the Cold War ended nuclear threats, might want to pay attention to this debate. US Pres Barack Obama has the most detailed, comprehensive, and transformative nuclear policy agenda any candidate has ever carried into the White House. The Obama plan recognizes that today's threats are interrelated. Developments in one area affect other areas. His time is short. Hesitation, timidity and ambivalence will squander the moment. Pres Obama has the ability to be bold when boldness is the only way to cut this nuclear Gordian knot.
ISSN:0739-1854
2374-6564