The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century U. S. Security Strategy
The present paper aims to compare the approaches of the Bush and Obama administrations towards the role of nuclear weapons in the United States security strategy. The author focuses on the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) reports from 2001 and 2010, employing a detailed comparative analysis of their re...
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Institute of International Relations Prague
2013-03-01
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The present paper aims to compare the approaches of the Bush and
Obama administrations towards the role of nuclear weapons in the United
States security strategy. The author focuses on the Nuclear Posture Review
(NPR) reports from 2001 and 2010, employing a detailed comparative
analysis of their respective content as well as their implications. The
analysis concentrates on broader conceptual issues as well as on the very
concrete steps related to specific elements of the United States strategic
arsenal. The author argues that the current political discourse, which
attributes a nearly revolutionary character to the approach of the Obama
administration to the United States nuclear policy, does not fully match the
actual dimension of the change between the NPR of 2001 and that of 2010.
In fact, the evolution of the United States nuclear strategy maintains its own
dynamics in many aspects.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d16bba490bb43e29bb2e106893239db2023-01-07T06:15:07ZengInstitute of International Relations PragueCzech Journal of International Relations0323-18442570-94292013-03-01481The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century U. S. Security StrategyMichal Smetana The present paper aims to compare the approaches of the Bush and Obama administrations towards the role of nuclear weapons in the United States security strategy. The author focuses on the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) reports from 2001 and 2010, employing a detailed comparative analysis of their respective content as well as their implications. The analysis concentrates on broader conceptual issues as well as on the very concrete steps related to specific elements of the United States strategic arsenal. The author argues that the current political discourse, which attributes a nearly revolutionary character to the approach of the Obama administration to the United States nuclear policy, does not fully match the actual dimension of the change between the NPR of 2001 and that of 2010. In fact, the evolution of the United States nuclear strategy maintains its own dynamics in many aspects. https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/333Nuclear Posture ReviewUnited StatesBarack ObamaGeorge W. Bushstrategynuclear weapons |
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| title | The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century U. S. Security Strategy |
| title_full | The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century U. S. Security Strategy |
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| title_short | The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century U. S. Security Strategy |
| title_sort | role of nuclear weapons in the 21st century u s security strategy |
| topic | Nuclear Posture Review United States Barack Obama George W. Bush strategy nuclear weapons |
| url | https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/333 |
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