Title Cooperative threat reduction : evolution, issues, programs / Rachel D. Burke, editor

Published New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource Series Defense, security and strategies Defense, security and strategy series. Contents The evolution of cooperative threat reduction : issues for Congress / Mary Beth D. Nikitin and Amy F. Woolf -- Statement of Rebecca K.C. Hersman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, Department of Defense. Hearing on "Proliferation prevention programs at the Department of Energy and at the Department of Defense" -- Statement of Kenneth A. Myers III, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense. Hearing on "Proliferation prevention programs at the Department of Energy and at the Department of Defense" -- The global nuclear detection architecture : issues for Congress / Dana A. Shea -- Global security contingency fund : summary and overview / Nina M. Serafino Summary The United States uses a number of policy tools to address the threat of attack using chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons. These include a set of financial and technical programs known, variously, as cooperative threat reduction (CTR) programs, nonproliferation assistance, or, global security engagement. Congress has supported these programs over the years, but has raised a number of questions about their implementation and their future direction. Over the years, the CTR effort shifted from an emergency response to impending chaos in the Soviet Union to a broader prog Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Confidence and security building measures (International relations) -- United States Arms control -- Government policy -- United States Security, International. Terrorism -- Prevention -- International cooperation Nuclear disarmament -- International cooperation Nuclear nonproliferation -- International cooperation POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Arms Control. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. Arms control -- Government policy Arms control Confidence and security building measures (International relations) Nuclear disarmament -- International cooperation Nuclear nonproliferation -- International cooperation Security, International Terrorism -- Prevention -- International cooperation Weapons of mass destruction United States Form Electronic book Author Burke, Rachel D., editor of compilation LC no. 2020678784 ISBN 9781634637510 1634637518

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