The opportunity [[electronic resource] ] : next steps in reducing nuclear arms / / Steven Pifer ; Michael E. O'Hanlon

• Autore: Pifer Steven
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1/747
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear arms control - 21st century
• Altri autori: O'HanlonMichael E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 secre
• Titolo autorizzato: The opportunity
• ISBN: 1-283-64641-2; 0-8157-2430-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785703903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Brookings FOCUS Book