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Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 02:00
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Conflict & emergencies [2]
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50 [3]
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The congressionally mandated Nuclear Posture Review (NPR, not to be confused, even for a second with "National Public Radio"), released last week, was an opportunity for President Bush and his team to provide a framework for formulating a U.S. nuclear strategy for the post-cold war world--something the Clinton administration failed to do with its own nuclear review in 1994. However, much like the Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review, which was described by Senator Carl Levin as "fu...read more [4]

The congressionally mandated Nuclear Posture Review (NPR, not to be confused, even for a second with "National Public Radio"), released last week, was an opportunity for President Bush and his team to provide a framework for formulating a U.S. nuclear strategy for the post-cold war world--something the Clinton administration failed to do with its own nuclear review in 1994. However, much like the Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review, which was described by Senator Carl Levin as "full of decisions deferred," ambiguity prevails.

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Human Security [5]
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