02736nam 2200601 a 450 991080749200332120240313052949.01-283-64641-20-8157-2430-6(CKB)2670000000275451(EBL)1040660(OCoLC)817823676(SSID)ssj0000756514(PQKBManifestationID)12282139(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756514(PQKBWorkID)10752893(PQKB)10825853(MiAaPQ)EBC1040660(OCoLC)817706418(MdBmJHUP)muse35080(Au-PeEL)EBL1040660(CaPaEBR)ebr10611437(CaONFJC)MIL395891(EXLCZ)99267000000027545120121005d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe opportunity next steps in reducing nuclear arms /Steven Pifer ; Michael E. O'Hanlon1st ed.Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press20121 online resource (260 p.)Brookings focus booksDescription based upon print version of record.0-8157-2429-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Why nuclear arms control should be on the president's agenda in 2013 -- U.S. nuclear policies and forces -- Strategic nuclear force reductions after new start -- Addressing nonstrategic nuclear weapons -- Missile defense issues -- The comprehensive test ban treaty and stockpile maintenance -- Fissile materials and a production cutoff -- Multilateralizing the process-and aspiring to zero? -- Looking forward.For some observers, nuclear arms control is either a relic of the cold war, or a utopian dream about a denuclearized planet decades in the future. But, as Brookings scholars Steven Pifer and Michael O'Hanlon argue in The Opportunity, arms control can address some key security challenges facing Washington today and enhance both American and global security.Pifer and O'Hanlon make a compelling case for further arms control measures-to reduce the nuclear threat to the United States and its allies, to strengthen strategic stability, to promote greater transparency regarding secreBrookings FOCUS BookNuclear arms control21st centuryNuclear arms control327.1/747Pifer Steven1618608O'Hanlon Michael E552048MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807492003321The opportunity3950415UNINA