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A review essay on books by (1) Michael A. Levi & Michael E. O'Hanlon, The Future of Arms Control (Washington, DC: Brookings Instit Press, 2005); & (2) Thomas Graham, Jr., Common Sense on Weapons of Mass Destruction (Seattle, WA: U Washington Press, 2004).

Perhaps no president had a clearer vision of reducing nuclear dangers than Ronald Reagan, who also understood the need for bold initiatives to galvanise public opinion and governmental action. In 1986, Reagan proposed to eliminate offensive ballistic missiles. The Soviets refused, but Reagan's "Zero Ballistic Missiles" (ZBM) proposal is worth re-examining as a means of dealing comprehensively with ballistic missile threats. Global ZBM would eliminate risks associated with thousands of US and Russian ballistic missile warheads that remain on "hair-trigger" alert, and would simplify the challenge of missile defence. Global ZBM would also halt China's strategic missile modernisation programme and remove the most dangerous weapons from regional arsenals in the Middle East, southwest Asia and the Korean Peninsula. (Survival / SWP)