17 April 2010
Debating Nuclear Doctrine
The discussion of President Obama’s Nuclear Posture Review and his new START Treaty with Russia in the April 13, 2010, Wall Street Journal began and ended with by far its most cogent analyses. George P. Shultz and Richard Burt both correctly identify the greatest nuclear threats to world security as proliferation and terrorism. Those dangers are made more ominous by improved and more numerous nuclear arms; reducing and eventually eliminating them is the undeniably rational policy.
Deterrence in this situation cannot effectively be accomplished through reliance on new or better designed nuclear weapons. As Mr. Shultz says, more vigilant intelligence and discriminating use of conventional lethal force, when necessary, are what is needed to carry us forward to an orderly and peaceful world society.
The discussion of President Obama’s Nuclear Posture Review and his new START Treaty with Russia in the April 13, 2010, Wall Street Journal began and ended with by far its most cogent analyses. George P. Shultz and Richard Burt both correctly identify the greatest nuclear threats to world security as proliferation and terrorism. Those dangers are made more ominous by improved and more numerous nuclear arms; reducing and eventually eliminating them is the undeniably rational policy.
Deterrence in this situation cannot effectively be accomplished through reliance on new or better designed nuclear weapons. As Mr. Shultz says, more vigilant intelligence and discriminating use of conventional lethal force, when necessary, are what is needed to carry us forward to an orderly and peaceful world society.
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