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US Advanced Conventional Systems and Conventional Prompt Global Strike Ambitions:: Assessing the Risks, Benefits, and Arms Control Implications
In: The nonproliferation review: program for nonproliferation studies, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 123-139
ISSN: 1746-1766
Sixty Minutes to Strike: Assessing the Risks, Benefits, and Arms
In: Sicherheit & Frieden, Band 32, Heft 1, S. 36-46
Sixty minutes to strike: assessing the risks, benefits, and arms control implications of conventional prompt global strike
In: Sicherheit und Frieden: S + F = Security and Peace, Band 32, Heft 1, S. 36-46
ISSN: 0175-274X
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Limiting the Unintended Consequences of Unmanned Air System Proliferation
In: The Whitehead journal of diplomacy and international relations, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 67-79
ISSN: 1538-6589
US policymakers have come to rely on precision conventional strike systems -- most notably, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), including single-use cruise missiles and, more recently and controversially, reusable armed drones -- for what one policy expert has artfully termed "discrete military operations," or single or several attacks conducted over a brief span of time. Surely the cost and casualty implications of more substantial commitments of military forces for major combat operations or lengthy counterinsurgency campaigns explain why policymakers have become accustomed to such UAV employment. The most controversial use of armed drones includes targeted assassination strikes against al Qaeda or al Qaeda-affiliated leadership figures, as well as groups of foot soldiers, in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and possibly the Philippines. Although important questions remain about the legal implications of lethal operations in sovereign nations, and the extent to which such strikes create more terrorists than they kill, this article examines two equaling consequential and interrelated challenges resulting from our growing fascination with and dependence on UAVs: dampening widespread UAV proliferation and creating stronger global norms governing their spread and use. Adapted from the source document.
Winning on ballistic missiles but losing on cruise: the missile proliferation battle
In: Arms control today, Band 39, Heft 10, S. 22-29
ISSN: 0196-125X
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Using Stronger Sanctions to Increase Negotiating Leverage With Iran - Additional sanctions could constrain Iran's nuclear program and lead to domestic political pressure on the government
In: Arms control today, Band 39, Heft 10, S. 18-22
ISSN: 0196-125X
Missile Contagion
In: Survival: global politics and strategy, Band 50, Heft 4, S. 137-154
ISSN: 1468-2699
Missile contagion
In: Survival: global politics and strategy, Band 50, Heft 4, S. 137-154
ISSN: 0039-6338
Since 2005 an astonishing number of new missile-development programmes have appeared in the Middle East, South Asia and Northeast Asia. The surprising fact is that land-attack cruise missiles, not ballistic missiles, constitute the primary problem, yet ballistic missiles, and defences against them, command virtually the exclusive attention of decision-makers. Perversely, the United States' quest to sell ballistic-missile defences may be hastening cruise-missile proliferation. Knowing that defences are not nearly as effective against cruise missiles as they are against ballistic missiles, several states have turned to the former to complement the latter. Others, frustrated with the high cost of ballistic-missile defence, have turned to cheaper cruise missiles linked to pre-emptive strike doctrines. In either case, absent policy adjustments, the unintended by-product is likely to be regional arms races and crisis instability. (Survival / SWP)
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SILENT RETREAT: The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons
In: The nonproliferation review: program for nonproliferation studies, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 183-206
ISSN: 1746-1766
Securing nuclear obsolescence
In: Survival: global politics and strategy, Band 48, Heft 3, S. 127-148
ISSN: 1468-2699
Cruise control
In: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Band 62, Heft 2, S. 26-33
Securing nuclear obsolescence
In: Survival: global politics and strategy, Band 48, Heft 3, S. 127-148
ISSN: 0039-6338
Except as a weapon of last resort, nuclear weapons have no legitimate or compelling military role to play in any conceivable US national security challenge. Yet some policymakers still cling to modernised nuclear weapons for specific tasks in ensuring American security. Since at least 1991, US security has depended almost exclusively on increasingly capable conventional weapons, as effective as nuclear weapons for attacking the most difficult targets. Deterrence through conventional weapons is decisively more credible than through existing or prospective nuclear alternatives. The mere possession of unprecedented conventional military superiority is not enough; a truly effective strategy hinges on perceived effectiveness. Along with addressing conventional needs, America must reformulate its position on nuclear weapons to severely diminish their relevance and solidify the longstanding international taboo against their use. (Survival / SWP)
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