Rebutting the Standard Arguments against Disarmament George Perkovich and James M. Acton, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Rebutting the Standard Arguments against Disarmament George Perkovich and James M. Acton, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

In any debate, there is a tendency to set up and knock down straw men. The emerging debate about whether the United States should work toward abolishing nuclear weapons is no different.

Certainly, there is much room for serious disagreement about whether a nuclear-weapon-free world is achievable or even worthwhile. In fact, such discussion is welcomed. Unfortunately, opponents of abolishing nuclear weapons tend to make their case by rebutting a selection of five weak arguments that the growing bipartisan movement of nuclear zero supporters led by realists such as Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, Bill Perry and Sam Nunn rarely use.

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* Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A Debate
* Defending U.S. Leadership on Disarmament

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