The July Summit and Beyond: Prospects for U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Reductions; Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, June 24, 2009, Serial No. 111-21.
Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 2009. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. iii, [1], 78, [6] pages. Appendix. Cover has minor wear. The Chairman stated that "Our hearing today addressed one of the most important issues in the United States-Russia relationship: The future of efforts to reduce the nuclear arsenals of both countries. The touchstone of this effort is the first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), which significantly reduced United States and Russian nuclear arsenals and included unprecedented transparency verification and data-sharing provisions. It was a foundation of the United States-Russia post-Cold War relationship and heralded a new era in which nuclear armed missiles, submarines and bombers were being dismantled and destroyed. It seemed that both countries were beginning to emerge from the doctrine of mutually assured destruction in which security was measured in terms of the massive destruction that each could inflict upon the other." The Chairman later stated: A first key question: Are reductions in United States-Russia and others’ nuclear arsenals a good idea? ... nearly everyone agrees that fewer nuclear weapons makes for a better, more stable world. It is after all the basis of our nuclear nonproliferation policy. Significant unilateral reductions unanswered by Russia and other powers are probably unwise. But I am convinced that significant bilateral or multilateral deductions are in the U.S. national interest. I believe the only appropriate role for nuclear weapons is to deter the use of nuclear weapons by others. There is no other reasonable real-world scenario I have seen that justifies any other mission. ...(T)hen the United States and Russia—and indeed other declared nuclear states—can drastically cut their nuclear arsenals. I can’t fathom that a U.S. President would authorize the use of nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear threat, knowing that the consequence would be the crumbling of the entire nuclear nonproliferation regime. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: William Perry, Thomas Graham, Keith Payne, Strategic Posture, Arms Control, Arms Reduction, Strategic Arms, START, Treaties, International Agreements
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