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Forging a Consensus for a Sustainable U.S. Nuclear Posture

By: Clark A. Murdock,Stephanie Spies,John Warden

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Forging a Consensus for a Sustainable U.S. Nuclear Posture

By: Clark A. Murdock,Stephanie Spies,John Warden

This report was produced by the CSIS Nuclear Consensus Working Group (NCWG) to assist the Obama administration in forging, during its second term, an enduring consensus about the U.S. nuclear posture. The report includes (1) seven individual statements from nuclear thinkers and practitioners across the “broad middle” of the spectrum of opinion on the role and value of U.S. nuclear weapons, the U.S. nuclear posture needed for this defined role, and a political strategy for sustaining the recommended posture; (2) a consensus statement signed by eight members of the NCWG; (3) A description of the process used by the NCWG to forge the signed statement, which includes the lessons learned from the facilitation process; and (4) A case study covering 2008-2012, which provides both a chronology of past attempts to broker consensus about the U.S. nuclear posture and the working group’s assessment of the lessons learned.

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1442224800

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The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century

A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase 4 Report

By: Clark A. Murdock

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The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century

A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase 4 Report

By: Clark A. Murdock

This report argues that nuclear weapons are still important to U.S. national security, and it outlines a set of recommendations for how the Department of Defense should organize for nuclear missions in the twenty-first century. After first chronicling a failed effort in 2007 to develop a "balanced and integrated" package of policy initiatives on nuclear issues, the report provides a rationale for why the next administration should chose a strategic option as it confronts a number of nuclear challenges, ranging from the growing risk of nuclear terrorism to the proliferation risks associated with the expansion of nuclear energy to the role of nuclear weapons in a proliferating world."--CSIS web site

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0892065257

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Project Atom

A Competitive Strategies Approach to Defining U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Posture for 2025–2050

By: Clark Murdock,Samuel J. Brannen,Thomas Karako,Angela Weaver

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Project Atom

A Competitive Strategies Approach to Defining U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Posture for 2025–2050

By: Clark Murdock,Samuel J. Brannen,Thomas Karako,Angela Weaver

Project Atom is a forward-looking, “blue-sky” review of U.S. nuclear strategy and posture in a 2025-2050 world in which nuclear weapons are still necessary. The report highlights and addresses the current deficit in national security attention paid to the continued relevance and importance of U.S. nuclear strategy and force posture, provides a new open-source baseline for understanding the nuclear strategies of other countries, and offers a credible, intellectually tested, and nonpartisan range of options for the United States to consider in revising its own nuclear strategy.

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144224089X

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9781442240896

Defense Policy Formation

A Comparative Analysis of the McNamara Era

By: Clark A. Murdock

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Defense Policy Formation

A Comparative Analysis of the McNamara Era

By: Clark A. Murdock

When Robert McNamara became U.S. Secretary of Defense, he introduced a new mode of making policy decisions: systems analysis. In Defense Policy Formation, Clark Murdock examines what effects this systems analysis had on policy-making process both in theory and the actual practice of military innovation.

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SUNY Press

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0873952529

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9780873952521

Alternative Defense Strategies in a Cost-Capped Environment

By: Mark F. Cancian,Clark Murdock

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Alternative Defense Strategies in a Cost-Capped Environment

By: Mark F. Cancian,Clark Murdock

This study identifies five alternative strategies and, using CSIS’s Force Cost Calculator, builds a cost-capped force structure, modernization program, and readiness profile for each strategy. It then stress-tests each strategy against four sets of simultaneous conflict scenarios, which the authors devised. The study explores potential ways to mitigate the fiscal pressure forcing these strategic tradeoffs. It concludes by making recommendations for the FY 2017 defense budget and the next Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).

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1442259116

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Forging a Consensus for a Sustainable U.S. Nuclear Posture

Forging a Consensus for a Sustainable U.S. Nuclear Posture

The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century

The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century

Project Atom

Project Atom

Defense Policy Formation

Defense Policy Formation

Alternative Defense Strategies in a Cost-Capped Environment

Alternative Defense Strategies in a Cost-Capped Environment

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