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Fighting Proliferation
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Author : Henry Sokolski
language : en
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Release Date : 2002-04-01
Fighting Proliferation written by Henry Sokolski and has been published by University Press of the Pacific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-01 with Political Science categories.
Proliferation of dangerous weapons has been a problem for American foreign policy for many years, at least since the first and worst case of proliferation - the Soviet acquisition of nuclear capability in 1949. Although more realistic and hardheaded in its approach than much antiproliferation literature of earlier times, this volume does not indulge in the unorthodox and blithe optimism about the consequences of proliferation that became fashionable in the past decade among some theorists. The book is forthrightly in the mainstream of opposition to proliferation and the search for practical, policy-relevant approaches to dealing with it. That combination of strategic realism and policy orientation is the right one - and rare enough that it highlights the usefulness of this collection. Proliferation is a new priority but an old issue. Some strategists are discovering it for the first time. So it is not surprising that to some seasoned observers, much current literature on the subject seems to reinvent the wheel. This book does not. Readers interested in fresh approaches to the problem that could, at any time, turn into the principal crisis facing American foreign policy will do well to turn to this volume.
Fighting Proliferation European Perspectives
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Author : Mark Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Fighting Proliferation European Perspectives written by Mark Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Ballistic missile defenses categories.
Fighting Proliferation
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Author : Henry D. Sokolski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Fighting Proliferation written by Henry D. Sokolski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Nuclear nonproliferation categories.
The authors of this collection of essays examine such issues as devising effective strategy against the proliferation of nuclear weapons, coping with the spread of space technology, and curbing Iran's and North Korea's strategic programs. The contributors address these challenges and their implications for US policy in the book's five divisions. Part 1 explores how best to reform existing nonproliferation efforts. Part 2 considers new high-leverage systems likely to threaten the US in the near future. Parts 3 and 4 focus on two new truculent proliferators--North Korea and Iran. Part 5 discusses the need to develop a long-term diplomatic, political, economic, and military strategy against proliferation. Fighting Proliferation places itself in the mainstream of opposition to proliferation and the search for practical, policy-relevant approaches to dealing with it.
Fighting Proliferation
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Author : Henry D. Sokolski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-09-01
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Prevailing In A Well Armed World Devising Competitive Strategies Against Weapons Proliferation
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language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Prevailing In A Well Armed World
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Author : Henry D. Sokolski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Prevailing In A Well Armed World written by Henry D. Sokolski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
The Strategic Studies Institute is pleased to publish Prevailing In A Well-Armed World: Devising Competitive Strategies Against Weapons Proliferation. This work provides insights into the competitive strategies methodology. Andrew Marshall notes that policymakers and analysts can benefit by using an analytical tool that stimulates their thinking-more directly-about strategy in terms of long-term competition between nations with conflicting values, policies, and objectives. Part I of this work suggests that the competitive strategies approach has value for both the practitioner and the scholar. The book also demonstrates the strengths of the competitive strategies approach as an instrument for examining U.S. policy. The method in this book focuses on policies regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In "shaping" the international environment in the next millennium, no other national security issue seems as complex or important. The imperative here is to look to competitive strategies to assist in asking critical questions and thinking broadly and precisely about alternatives for pitting U.S. strengths against opponents' weaknesses. Part II uses the framework to examine and evaluate U.S. nonproliferation and counterproliferation policies formed in the final years of the 20th century. In Part III, the competitive strategies method is used to analyze a regional case, that of Iran.
Weapons Of Mass Destruction Australia S Role In Fighting Proliferation
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Author : Australia. Attorney-General's Department
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Weapons Of Mass Destruction Australia S Role In Fighting Proliferation written by Australia. Attorney-General's Department and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Australia categories.
Best Of Intentions
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Author : Henry D. Sokolski
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2001-04-30
Best Of Intentions written by Henry D. Sokolski and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04-30 with History categories.
Although the United States efforts to prevent the spread of strategic weapons have varied significantly since 1945, they all presumed to be avoiding one or another type of strategic war. To the extent their military scenarios were sound, so too were the nonproliferation remedies these initiatives promoted. But, as Sokolski demonstrates, the obverse was also true--when these intiatives' military hopes and fears were mistaken, their nonproliferation recommendations also missed their mark. What is the best hope for breaking out of this box and securing a higher rate of nonproliferation success? The United States must base nonproliferation policies less on insights concerning strategic military trends and more on the progressive economic and political trends that have increased the number of relatively peaceful, prosperous, liberal democracies. For the proliferating nations that are exceptions to this trend, the U.S. and its allies need to devise ways of competing that will encourage these governments to expend more energies shoring up their weaknesses and eventually giving way to less militant regimes. A major resource for students and military professionals interested in arms control and international relations.
Combating Proliferation
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Author : Jason D. Ellis
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2007-01-17
Combating Proliferation written by Jason D. Ellis and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-17 with Political Science categories.
The intelligence community's flawed assessment of Iraq's weapons systems—and the Bush administration's decision to go to war in part based on those assessments—illustrates the political and policy challenges of combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In this comprehensive assessment, defense policy specialists Jason Ellis and Geoffrey Kiefer find disturbing trends in both the collection and analysis of intelligence and in its use in the development and implementation of security policy. Analyzing a broad range of recent case studies—Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, North Korea's defiance of U.N. watchdogs, Russia's transfer of nuclear and missile technology to Iran and China's to Pakistan, the Soviet biological warfare program, weapons inspections in Iraq, and others—the authors find that intelligence collection and analysis relating to WMD proliferation are becoming more difficult, that policy toward rogue states and regional allies requires difficult tradeoffs, and that using military action to fight nuclear proliferation presents intractable operational challenges. Ellis and Kiefer reveal that decisions to use—or overlook—intelligence are often made for starkly political reasons. They document the Bush administration's policy shift from nonproliferation, which emphasizes diplomatic tools such as sanctions and demarches, to counterproliferation, which at times employs interventionist and preemptive actions. They conclude with cogent recommendations for intelligence services and policy makers.
Fighting In The Gray Zone
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Author : Joanne M. Fish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-09-30
Fighting In The Gray Zone written by Joanne M. Fish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-30 with categories.
The 2002 National Security Strategy (NSS) rightly identified the proliferation, privatization, and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by terrorist groups and rogue states as the critical nontraditional threat of the 21st century.1 However, the NSS argues that in the 21st century, technology has advanced and become so readily available that we "must adapt the concept of imminent threat to the capabilities and objectives of today's adversaries."2 This reconceptualization of preemption defines the core question--What military strategy is appropriate for using force "to act against such emerging threats before they are fully formed"?3 We argue preemption is ill-suited for disrupting the converged threat of terrorists and rogue states pursuing WMD. Instead, we propose that a forcible counterproliferation (FCP) strategy is most effective for fighting in the "gray zone." Using the 2002 NSS and the problems associated with justifying the preemptive use of force in Iraq as starting points, we examine three questions: 1) How has the threat environment changed since the end of the Cold War? 2) If there is a new threat environment, what is the appropriate military strategy for that threat? 3) How can the United States justify a new strategy to domestic critics and gain international support? In this paper we define the convergent threat as the threshold where there is substantial evidence of a link between terrorists and rogue states pursuing WMD. Once the linkages have been made, the convergent threat becomes a converged threat. We posit the gray zone as the hazy area on the conceptual threat continuum between classically defined imminent threat and our convergent threat. Available military strategies do not address this zone very well. To determine the most effective military strategy for using force in the gray zone, we evaluate four strategies: self-defense, preemption, prevention and forcible counterproliferation. We conclude that FCP, unlike prevention, potentially initiates action against a converged threat early enough to provide an acceptable likelihood of success, while allowing other instruments of power sufficient opportunity to defuse the situation. Further, FCP manages risk and uncertainty and is the most effective strategy for harmonizing operations in the current international framework. In summary, success of FCP pivots on the administration's ability to affect four critical requirements: 1) garner international and domestic support for the strategy, 2) change international norms to allow force against converged threats, 3) adopt three sets of trigger points to ascertain when a nation has abrogated its sovereignty, thereby broaching the possibility of applying force under an FCP strategy, and 4) achieve international consensus regarding the criteria for abrogated sovereignty which would then legitimize military intervention against uncooperative states. We conclude by offering a comprehensive set of recommendations. First, the National Security Council must update the NSS by including the concept of converged threat and the strategy of FCP. Second, the Administration should build international and domestic receptivity to FCP. Finally, the Department of Defense should resource the strategy of forcible counterproliferation through a variety of programs, explained in detail in the paper, which both support and challenge the assumptions of Transformation.