Item Details
Skip Navigation Links
   ActiveUsers:2732Hits:21011947Skip Navigation Links
Show My Basket
Contact Us
IDSA Web Site
Ask Us
Today's News
HelpExpand Help
Advanced search

In Basket
  Journal Article   Journal Article
 

ID089071
Title ProperEvolution of cooperative threat reduction
Other Title Informationprogress, problems, and issues for the future
LanguageENG
AuthorWeiner, Sharon K
Publication2009.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Since its beginning in 1991, Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) has grown to include a host of programs aimed at securing former Soviet weapons of mass destruction, weapons-relevant materials, and expertise. Multiple U.S. and Russian agencies are involved, and some programs have expanded beyond the former Soviet Union. CTR has demonstrated considerable success, but much work remains. Moreover, it is likely that the CTR agenda will be re-evaluated and refocused owing to reviews by the Obama administration, increasingly strained relations with Russia, and the global economic crisis. Any such analysis, however, should proceed from a clear understanding of both CTR's performance to date as well as lessons learned from this experience. This article provides a start by summarizing progress toward CTR's main goals, outlining the scope of remaining tasks, and looking at persistent problems in both the United States and Russia. In particular, CTR's future progress depends upon forging a new U.S. domestic consensus on the national security benefits of CTR, encouraging Russia to become a true partner in CTR activities, and improving interagency leadership and coordination. In turn, these improvements can help resolve emerging questions about the cooperative nonproliferation agenda as it expands beyond the former Soviet Union.
`In' analytical NoteNonproliferation Review Vol. 16, No. 2; Jul 2009: p.211 - 235
Journal SourceNonproliferation Review Vol. 16, No. 2; Jul 2009: p.211 - 235
Key WordsCooperative Threat Reduction ;  United States ;  Soviet Union ;  Russia ;  Nuclear Weapons ;  Weapons of Mass Destruction


 
 
Media / Other Links  Full Text