Global Security Engagement: A New Model for Cooperative Threat Reduction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309131063)

The government's first Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) programs were created in 1991 to eliminate the former Soviet Union's nuclear, chemical, and other weapons and prevent their proliferation. The programs have accomplished a great deal: deactivating thousands of nuclear warheads, neutralizing chemical weapons, converting weapons facilities for peaceful use, and redirecting the work of former weapons scientists and engineers, among other efforts. Originally designed to deal with immediate post-Cold War challenges, the programs must be expanded to other regions and fundamentally redesigned as an active tool of foreign policy that can address contemporary threats from groups that are that are agile, networked, and adaptable. As requested by Congress, Global Security Engagement proposes how this goal can best be achieved.

To meet the magnitude of new security challenges, particularly at the nexus of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism, Global Security Engagement recommends a new, more flexible, and responsive model that will draw on a broader range of partners than current programs have. The White House, working across the Executive Branch and with Congress, must lead this effort.

Author: National Academy of Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on International Security and
ISBN-10: 0309131065
ISBN-13: 9780309131063
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2009
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2009 pg. 116