Chapter 2 – Nuclear Weapons Treaties and Policies of the United States
Open Sources (Available to all)
- Arms Control Association (2018). The new US nuclear strategy is flawed and dangerous. Issue Brief, vol. 10, no. 3 [February 15]. Retrieved from https://www.armscontrol.org/issue-briefs/2018-02/new-us-nuclear-strategy-flawed-dangerous-heres-why.
- Arms Control Association (2019). US-Russian Nuclear Arms Control Agreements, Retrieved from https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/USRussiaNuclearAgreements.
- Colby, Elbridge. The role of nuclear weapons in the US-Russia relationship. Task Force on U.S. Policy Towards Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, February 26, 2016. Retrieved from https://carnegieendowment.org/2016/02/26/role-of-nuclear-weapons-in-u.s.-russian-relationship-pub-62901.
- Council on Foreign Relations (2019). US-Russia nuclear arms control: 1949-2019. Retrieved from https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-russia-nuclear-arms-control.
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- Klein, J. J. (2014). Towards a better U.S. nuclear strategy. Journal of Strategic Security, 7 (3), 84-94. Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol7/iss3/6/.
- Nikitin, M.B. The Evolution of Cooperative Threat Reduction: Issues for Congress, CRS Report R43143 [June 13, 2014]. Retrieved from https://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R43143.pdf.
- Nuclear Threat Initiative (2018), A Roadmap for America’s Nuclear Policy and Posture. Retrieved from https://www.nti.org/analysis/reports/statement-nti-ceo-and-co-chair-ernest-j-moniz-and-co-chair-sam-nunn-us-nuclear-policy-and-posture/.
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Additional Readings (Available to OSU Students through the OSU Valley Library)
- Allison, G., (1969) Conceptual models and the Cuban missile crisis. American Political Science Review, 63 (3). Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/1954423.
- Berstein, Barton. (1995). The atomic bombings reconsidered. Foreign Affairs [January/February]. Retrieved from https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/asia/1995-01-01/atomic-bombings-reconsidered.
- Graebner,N. (1990). Ronald Reagan and the Russians. Perspectives on Political Science, 19(2). Retrieved from https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/permalink/f/1g9lfhc/TN_informaworld_s10_1080_10457097_1990_9944462.
- Graham, T. (2002). Disarmament Sketches: Three Decades of Arms Control and International Law. University of Washington Press. OSU Library E-book, https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/permalink/f/ueodtl/CP71153966250001451.
- Gray, C.S., & Payne, K. (1980) Victory is possible. Foreign Policy [Summer]. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/1148409.
- Keeny, S., and Panofsky, K. (1981). MAD versus NUTS, Foreign Affairs [Winter]. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/20041081.
- Lugar, R. (2009). Cooperative Threat Reduction and Nuclear Security. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 10(1). Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/43134204.
- Malewich, B. (2017). Futile superiority: Decision making and the development of new generation nuclear weapons. Comparative Strategy, Vol.36(2), Retrieved from https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/permalink/f/1g9lfhc/TN_informaworld_s10_1080_01495933_2017_1317537.
- Schell, J. (2000). The folly of arms control. Foreign Affairs [Sept/Oct]. Retrieved from https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2000-09-01/folly-arms-control.
- Tannenwald, N. (2018). The vanishing nuclear taboo. Foreign Affairs [November/December]. Retrieved from https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/permalink/f/1g9lfhc/TN_proquest2129469004.
Additional Readings from above available to students outside of OSU through different links:
17. Allison, G., (1969) Conceptual models and the Cuban missile crisis. American Political Science Review, 63 (3). Retrieved from http://www3.nccu.edu.tw/~lorenzo/Allison%20Conceptual%20Models.pdf
21. Gray, C.S., & Payne, K. (1980) Victory is possible. Foreign Policy [Summer]. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1148409.pdf