Nuclear Issues

"Globalization has the effect of incapacitating states as autonomous units."

Most national security debates concern the outcomes of policies, neglecting the means by which those policies are implemented. This book argues that although the US military is the finest fighting force in the world, the system that supports it is in disrepair. Operating with Cold War-era structures and practices, it is subject to managerial and organizational problems that increasingly threaten our military's effectiveness.

This 1992 book offers a critical reappraisal of traditional relationships between the military and industry.

Innovative book by Carter, Steinbruner, and Perry

Report of the Carnegie Comission on Science, Technology, and Government

This discussion is derived from the study by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine of how science and technology might assist in countering catastrophic terrorism. This study was initiated by the presidents of the three branches of the Academy shortly after initial discussion with a large group of experts on September 25, 2001.