Prevention, Not Intervention: Curbing the New Nuclear Threat

From the moment he took office, President George W. Bush has been preoccupied with the need to protect U.S. territory, forces, and allies from a nuclear attack. He has followed through on this concern in a variety of ways: abandoning the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, boosting missile defense fundin...

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Published in:World policy journal 2002-12, Vol.19 (4), p.1-11
Main Author: Hartung, William D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Armed forces
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Biological & chemical weapons
Bush, George W
Crime
Current affairs
Diplomacy
Disarmament
Energy industry
Foreign Policy
General Interest
Government
Hussein, Saddam
Industry
International
International aspects
International Relations
Iraq
Military aspects
North Korea
Nuclear arms control
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear Proliferation
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear weapons
Political aspects
Politics
Presidents
Public Policy
Religious terrorism
Terrorism
Treaties
United States of America
Uranium
War
Weapons
Weapons of mass destruction
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Summary:From the moment he took office, President George W. Bush has been preoccupied with the need to protect U.S. territory, forces, and allies from a nuclear attack. He has followed through on this concern in a variety of ways: abandoning the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, boosting missile defense funding, striking a deal to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, and unveiling a new nuclear doctrine that seeks to increase U.S. capabilities to destroy underground nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons facilities. But his most passionate anti-nuclear sentiments have been reserved for his assertion that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's pursuit of nuclear weapons represents the greatest threat to peace and stability in the world today.
ISSN:0740-2775
1936-0924
DOI:10.1215/07402775-2003-1003