Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership

November 12, 2009
Dennis M. Gormley, Patricia M. Lewis, Miles A. Pomper, Lawrence Scheinman, Stephen I. Schwartz, Nikolai N. Sokov, and Leonard S. Spector

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Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership

Also:

• Read: Seminar Event Transcript
• Watch video: German Minister of State Gernot Erler Speaks on FRG Nuclear Policy, Introduces CNS Study
• Watch video: Q&A Session – German Minister of State Gernot Erler Speaks on FRG Nuclear Policy, Introduces CNS Study

At a public seminar in Washington, DC, hosted by CNS on July 17, 2009, German Federal Foreign Office Minister of State, Gernot Erler reviewed Germany’s disarmament and nonproliferation policies and introduced a major study by CNS entitled Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership.

The study, written by CNS senior staff members Dennis M. Gormley, Patricia M. Lewis, Miles A. Pomper, Lawrence Scheinman, Stephen I. Schwartz, Nikolai N. Sokov, and Leonard S. Spector, addresses four issues whose management will be essential to advancing disarmament and nonproliferation objectives and identifies initiatives where Germany can contribute significantly to this process.

Foreword

Overview and Highlights of Recommendations

Issue 1: Moving Toward Zero Nuclear Weapons: Managing the Overhang of U.S. Conventional Military Power
Leonard S. Spector, Lead Author

Issue 2: Germany, Nuclear Disarmament, Nonproliferation, and NATO
Patricia M. Lewis, Lead Author

Issue 3: Managing U.S. Missile Defenses and Russian Concerns
Dennis M. Gormley, Miles A. Pomper, and Nikolai N. Sokov, Lead Authors

Issue 4: Tactical (Substrategic) Nuclear Weapons
Nikolai N. Sokov, Lead Author

Author Biographies