Nuclear Issues

The space exploration agendas of China and India have progressed rapidly in the last decade, spanning from human spaceflight to missions to the Moon and Mars.  Their growing economies have made it possible to fund these programs at a level unconceivable before now. This has therefore stimulated the scientific communities in both states to be more ambitious. In this presentation to the Harvard University South Asia Institute, MTA/ISP Fellow Jaganath Sankaran explores the intracacies of this delicate relationship.

Jeffery Lewis examines patterns in Chinese defense investments, strategic force deployments, and arms control behavior to assess China's nuclear strategy.

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

Presentation at the Nuclear Policy Research Institute Conference:
Full Spectrum Dominance: The Impending Weaponization of Space,
Warrenton, Virginia, May 16–17, 2005.

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.

Article examining NATO's past, present, and future for the Eisenhower Institute

Book edited by Ashton B. Carter and David N. Schwartz

The purpose of this study is to identify MX basing modes and to assess the major advantages, disadvantages, risks, and uncertainties of each.

This chapter discusses three concepts, distinguished by their approaches to the problems of dependence on warning for survivability and postattack endurance beyond the unrefueled flight time of the aircraft.