Reykjavik Revisited Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons: Complete Report of 2007 Hoover Institution Conference

by Shultz, George P.; Andreasen, Steven P.; Drell, Sidney D.; Goodby, James E.

• ISBN13: 9780817949228
• ISBN10: 0817949224
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-01
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press

Summary

Drawn from presentations at the Hoover Institution's October 2007 conference, this collection of essays examines the practical steps necessary to address the current security challenges of nuclear weapons and to move toward the goal Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev envisaged in their historic meeting at Reykjavik: the elimination of all nuclear weapons. The distinguished group of contributors includes former officials of the past six administrations-Republican and Democratic-along with senior scholars and scientific experts on nuclear issues. They discuss the critical issues involved in reducing the number of weapons, preventing the growth of new nuclear weapons capabilities, securing nuclear stockpiles worldwide, the challenges of verification and compliance with treaties to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation, preventing the spread of technology for nuclear fuel enrichment and reprocessing, dealing with regional animosities, and engaging the entire international community in the joint enterprise of reducing the nuclear threat. Book jacket.

Author Biography

George P. Shultz, the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution, served as U.S. secretary of state under Ronald Reagan. Steven P. Andreasen served as Director of Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council during the Clinton administration and in the Department of State during the George H. W. Bush and Reagan administrations. He is a national security consultant and lectures at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Sidney D. Drell is a senior fellow, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution and professor of theoretical physics (emeritus) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. James E. Goodby is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow with the Center for Northeast Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Closing the Gap Between the "Is" and the "Ought"	p. xv
Further Reductions in Nuclear Forces	p. 1
De-alerting Strategic Forces	p. 47
Eliminating Short-Range Nuclear Weapons Designed to Be Forward Deployed	p. 107
Challenges of Verification and Compliance within a State of Universal Latency	p. 159
Transparent and Irreversible Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons	p. 205
Monitoring Nuclear Warheads	p. 229
Securing Nuclear Stockpiles Worldwide	p. 243
Controlling Fissile Materials Worldwide: A Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty and Beyond	p. 279
Preventing the Spread of Enrichment and Reprocessing	p. 313
Internationalizing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle	p. 333
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and U.S. Security	p. 369
Regional Animosities and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation	p. 399
A World Free of Nuclear Weapons	p. 425
Turning the Goal of a World without Nuclear Weapons into a Joint Enterprise	p. 436
Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence	p. 449
Diplomacy for the Future	p. 455
Conference Agenda	p. 465
List of Conference Participants	p. 467
A World Free of Nuclear Weapons	p. 473
Toward a Nuclear-Free World	p. 479
About the Authors	p. 487
Index	p. 493
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