The Relevance of the Nuclear Posture Review

Arms Control Wonk

• Episode: The Relevance of the Nuclear Posture Review
• Website: Arms Control Wonk
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• Duration: 00:39:40
• Published: 2021-06-23 02:55

Is the Nuclear Posture Review something worth doing, or a massive waste of time and political capital?

Jeffrey and Aaron vote "waste." The NPR takes up a ton of time, leaves policy on autopilot during its duration, and burns a ton of bandwidth that could be used for actual reflection and policy change. 

But what is more valuable? No Review at all? An Integrated Deterrence Review? The team walks through the pitfalls of the NPR, propose some modest alternatives, and outline a possible alternative mission for the Missile Defense Agency....

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