Brad Roberts
Biographic Data
| ID | 3598332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brad Roberts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brad |
| FAMILY NAME | Roberts |
| SIGNATURE | ROBERTS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Defense Analyses |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Next Chapter in US Nuclear Policy
Orienting the 2021 Nuclear Posture Review
With its March 2021 Interim National Security Strategic Guidance, the Biden administration set down its first markers on nuclear policy. On international nuclear diplomacy, it committed to “head of
It’s time to jettison Nuclear Posture Reviews
Nuclear Posture Reviews have served a useful purpose but their moment has passed. The existing architecture of Pentagon policy and posture reviews has failed to deliver the needed responses to the new strategic environment. A different approach is needed, one that embeds decisions about nuclear policy and posture in a coherent defense strategy that integrates rather than disaggregates the tools of influence. It must also embed those decisions in …
On Adapting Nuclear Deterrence to Reduce Nuclear Risk
Since the end of the Cold War, changes to the practice of nuclear deterrence by the United States have been pursued as part of a comprehensive approach aimed at reducing nuclear risks. These changes have included steps to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons in U.S. defense and deterrence strategies. Looking to the future, the United States can do more, but only if the conditions are right. Policy-makers must avoid steps that have superficial appea…
On Creating the Conditions for Nuclear Disarmament: Past Lessons, Future Prospects
At the center of the international policy debate about nuclear disarmament are some quite basic questions: What are the conditions that would enable the nuclear-armed states to safely disarm and th
Debating Nuclear No-first-use, Again
US adoption of no-first-use would undermine deterrence at a time when it is already weakening
Strategic Stability Under Obama and Trump
The Trump administration must assess how strategic stability, an organising concept for the Obama administration’s strategic policy, might fit with its own guiding principles
The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: Security Strategy for the Obama Administration
Ongoing shifts in geopolitical power from West to East make the Asia-Pacific region more important to the United States today than ever before. The region is already an engine of the global economy, and major Asian countries are becoming global economic and political actors. Yet, as Asia's importance has grown over the last decade, Washington has often been focused elsewhere. The Obama administration needs a more active approach to the Asia-Pacif…
All the king's men’? Refashioning global nuclear order
Is the moment auspicious, as William Walker has argued, for a rebirth of the world nuclear ordering project? An auspicious moment would be marked by three key factors. First, the United States would seek to assert significant leadership and moreover would be able to do so on a sustained, bipartisan basis. Second, other actors essential to the project would be ready to lend their thinking and power to this effort. Third, a few key ideas about the …
China and Ballistic Missile Defense: 1955 To 2002 and Beyond
China's opposition to U.S. ballistic missile defense was forcefully articulated officially and unofficially between 1991 and 2001. Vociferous opposition gave way to near silence following U.S. ABM Treaty withdrawal, raising a question about precisely whether and how China will respond to future U.S. deployments in both the political and military-operational realms. To gauge likely future responses, it is useful to put the experience of the 1991-2…
The road ahead for arms control
The momentum that drove arms control in the 1990s is dissipating. Challenges lie ahead, but since arms control cannot be taken for granted, what should we do
China: The Forgotten Nuclear Power
A decade after the end of the Cold War, the world faces the risk of new strategic instability. Policymakers in Washington, Beijing, and Moscow are moving toward decisions that may unintentionally increase nuclear dangers. The heart of the problem lies in insufficient attention to the intersection of three policy currents: American missile defenses, U.S.-Russian nuclear diplomacy, and Chinese nuclear modernization. Unless all three are given full …
It Could Happen Here: Facing the New Terrorism
Arms control in the emerging strategic environment
(1997). Arms control in the emerging strategic environment. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 57-82
Coalitions against NBC‐armed regional aggressors: How are they formed, maintained, and led
The United States faces serious challenges in forming, maintaining, and leading an international military coalition for purposes of intervening to defeat and reverse an act of regional aggression by a state armed with nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) weapons. This article assesses how and why such coalitions might prove important to the United States in prosecuting such conflicts. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the NBC threat is likely to…
Weapons Proliferation and World Order After the Cold War
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Has the Taboo Been Broken
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Arm in Arm: The Political Economy of the Global Arms Trade
Rethinking The Proliferation Debate: A Commentary
(1995). Rethinking The Proliferation Debate: A Commentary. Security Studies: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 792-801
And the End of the Post‐gold War Era
Think Tanks in a New World
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBrad RobertsBrad Roberts is editor of The Washington Quarterly and a research fellow at CSIS.Murray WeidenbaumMurray Weidenbaum is director of the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University. Burnett and Weidenbaum have served with Walter Laqueur as cochairmen of the CSIS International Research Council
From Nonproliferation to Antiproliferation
Arms control and the end of the gold war
Human Rights and International Security
(1990). Human Rights and International Security. The Washington Quarterly: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 65-75
The World of Books
Chemical Warfare. By Edward M. Spiers. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1986. Deterring Chemical Warfare: U.S. Policy Options for the 1990s. By Hugh Stringer. Foreign Policy Report, April 1986, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis. Washington, D.C.: Pergamon-Brassey's, 1986. The Poisonous Cloud: Chemical Warfare in the First World War. By L.F. Haber. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. By Brad Roberts Thinking in Time: The Uses of History …
China: The Forgotten Nuclear Power
A decade after the end of the Cold War, the world faces the risk of new strategic instability. Policymakers in Washington, Beijing, and Moscow are moving toward decisions that may unintentionally increase nuclear dangers. The heart of the problem lies in insufficient attention to the intersection of three policy currents: American missile defenses, U.S.-Russian nuclear diplomacy, and Chinese nuclear modernization. Unless all three are given full …
From Nonproliferation to Antiproliferation
Weapons Proliferation and World Order After the Cold War
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
All the king's men’? Refashioning global nuclear order
Is the moment auspicious, as William Walker has argued, for a rebirth of the world nuclear ordering project? An auspicious moment would be marked by three key factors. First, the United States would seek to assert significant leadership and moreover would be able to do so on a sustained, bipartisan basis. Second, other actors essential to the project would be ready to lend their thinking and power to this effort. Third, a few key ideas about the …
Think Tanks in a New World
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBrad RobertsBrad Roberts is editor of The Washington Quarterly and a research fellow at CSIS.Murray WeidenbaumMurray Weidenbaum is director of the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University. Burnett and Weidenbaum have served with Walter Laqueur as cochairmen of the CSIS International Research Council
The Next Chapter in US Nuclear Policy
On Adapting Nuclear Deterrence to Reduce Nuclear Risk
Since the end of the Cold War, changes to the practice of nuclear deterrence by the United States have been pursued as part of a comprehensive approach aimed at reducing nuclear risks. These changes have included steps to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons in U.S. defense and deterrence strategies. Looking to the future, the United States can do more, but only if the conditions are right. Policy-makers must avoid steps that have superficial appea…
On Creating the Conditions for Nuclear Disarmament: Past Lessons, Future Prospects
At the center of the international policy debate about nuclear disarmament are some quite basic questions: What are the conditions that would enable the nuclear-armed states to safely disarm and th
Strategic Stability Under Obama and Trump
The Trump administration must assess how strategic stability, an organising concept for the Obama administration’s strategic policy, might fit with its own guiding principles
And the End of the Post‐gold War Era
Arms control and the end of the gold war
The Enigmatic Trilateral Commission: Boon or Bane
Chemical Proliferation and Policy
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBrad RobertsBrad Roberts is a fellow in international security studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is currently serving as executive assistant to the Center's president. This article is adapted from testimony delivered in June 1984 to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
The World of Books
Chemical Warfare. By Edward M. Spiers. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1986. Deterring Chemical Warfare: U.S. Policy Options for the 1990s. By Hugh Stringer. Foreign Policy Report, April 1986, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis. Washington, D.C.: Pergamon-Brassey's, 1986. The Poisonous Cloud: Chemical Warfare in the First World War. By L.F. Haber. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. By Brad Roberts Thinking in Time: The Uses of History …
Human Rights and International Security
(1990). Human Rights and International Security. The Washington Quarterly: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 65-75
Arms control and the end of the gold war
Think Tanks in a New World
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBrad RobertsBrad Roberts is editor of The Washington Quarterly and a research fellow at CSIS.Murray WeidenbaumMurray Weidenbaum is director of the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University. Burnett and Weidenbaum have served with Walter Laqueur as cochairmen of the CSIS International Research Council
From Nonproliferation to Antiproliferation
Rethinking The Proliferation Debate: A Commentary
(1995). Rethinking The Proliferation Debate: A Commentary. Security Studies: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 792-801
And the End of the Post‐gold War Era
Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Has the Taboo Been Broken
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Arm in Arm: The Political Economy of the Global Arms Trade
Arms control in the emerging strategic environment
(1997). Arms control in the emerging strategic environment. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 57-82
Coalitions against NBC‐armed regional aggressors: How are they formed, maintained, and led
The United States faces serious challenges in forming, maintaining, and leading an international military coalition for purposes of intervening to defeat and reverse an act of regional aggression by a state armed with nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) weapons. This article assesses how and why such coalitions might prove important to the United States in prosecuting such conflicts. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the NBC threat is likely to…
Weapons Proliferation and World Order After the Cold War
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
It Could Happen Here: Facing the New Terrorism
The road ahead for arms control
The momentum that drove arms control in the 1990s is dissipating. Challenges lie ahead, but since arms control cannot be taken for granted, what should we do
China: The Forgotten Nuclear Power
A decade after the end of the Cold War, the world faces the risk of new strategic instability. Policymakers in Washington, Beijing, and Moscow are moving toward decisions that may unintentionally increase nuclear dangers. The heart of the problem lies in insufficient attention to the intersection of three policy currents: American missile defenses, U.S.-Russian nuclear diplomacy, and Chinese nuclear modernization. Unless all three are given full …
China and Ballistic Missile Defense: 1955 To 2002 and Beyond
China's opposition to U.S. ballistic missile defense was forcefully articulated officially and unofficially between 1991 and 2001. Vociferous opposition gave way to near silence following U.S. ABM Treaty withdrawal, raising a question about precisely whether and how China will respond to future U.S. deployments in both the political and military-operational realms. To gauge likely future responses, it is useful to put the experience of the 1991-2…
All the king's men’? Refashioning global nuclear order
Is the moment auspicious, as William Walker has argued, for a rebirth of the world nuclear ordering project? An auspicious moment would be marked by three key factors. First, the United States would seek to assert significant leadership and moreover would be able to do so on a sustained, bipartisan basis. Second, other actors essential to the project would be ready to lend their thinking and power to this effort. Third, a few key ideas about the …
The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: Security Strategy for the Obama Administration
Ongoing shifts in geopolitical power from West to East make the Asia-Pacific region more important to the United States today than ever before. The region is already an engine of the global economy, and major Asian countries are becoming global economic and political actors. Yet, as Asia's importance has grown over the last decade, Washington has often been focused elsewhere. The Obama administration needs a more active approach to the Asia-Pacif…
Strategic Stability Under Obama and Trump
The Trump administration must assess how strategic stability, an organising concept for the Obama administration’s strategic policy, might fit with its own guiding principles
On Creating the Conditions for Nuclear Disarmament: Past Lessons, Future Prospects
At the center of the international policy debate about nuclear disarmament are some quite basic questions: What are the conditions that would enable the nuclear-armed states to safely disarm and th
Debating Nuclear No-first-use, Again
US adoption of no-first-use would undermine deterrence at a time when it is already weakening
It’s time to jettison Nuclear Posture Reviews
Nuclear Posture Reviews have served a useful purpose but their moment has passed. The existing architecture of Pentagon policy and posture reviews has failed to deliver the needed responses to the new strategic environment. A different approach is needed, one that embeds decisions about nuclear policy and posture in a coherent defense strategy that integrates rather than disaggregates the tools of influence. It must also embed those decisions in …
On Adapting Nuclear Deterrence to Reduce Nuclear Risk
Since the end of the Cold War, changes to the practice of nuclear deterrence by the United States have been pursued as part of a comprehensive approach aimed at reducing nuclear risks. These changes have included steps to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons in U.S. defense and deterrence strategies. Looking to the future, the United States can do more, but only if the conditions are right. Policy-makers must avoid steps that have superficial appea…
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