| ID | 105009 |
| Title Proper | More business as usual |
| Other Title Information | the Obama administration and the nuclear posture review |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Spear, Joanna |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | his article examines the preparation of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) by the Obama Administration. In doing so it seeks to answer a puzzle: why is there such a gap between the vision of a 'world free of nuclear weapons' set out by President Obama in his Prague speech of 2009 and the significantly more modest outcomes of the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review? The question is answered by employing the Bureaucratic Politics Paradigm developed by Graham Allison and Morton Halperin. It is argued that the answer lies in the fierce bureaucratic battles that are playing out within the administration, with both routine decision making and the outcomes of political games affecting the eventual NPR. |
| `In' analytical Note | Contemporary Security Policy Vol. 32, No. 1; Apr 2011: p241-263 |
| Journal Source | Contemporary Security Policy Vol. 32, No. 1; Apr 2011: p241-263 |
| Key Words | Nuclear Posture Review ; Obama Administration ; Nuclear Weapons ; NPR |