The idea that unilateral reduction of nuclear arms is preferable to the traditional but slower process of negotiated formal arms control treaties that dominated US Soviet/Russian relations for three decades is becoming increasingly popular. Closer scrutiny suggests that this idea is based on a number of false assumptions, and that unilateral reductions–albeit beneficial in principle–are fraught with hidden costs that might turn the whole endeavor on its head. […]
Memo #:
196
Series:
1
PDF:
PDF URL:
http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/assets/docs/ponars/pm_0196.pdf
