How to Counter WMD
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3224548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashton B Carter (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 72 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20034068 |
| OpenAlex | W139337493 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
WORST PEOPLE VS. WORST WEAPONS PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH has rightly proclaimed that keep ing the worst weapons out of the hands of the worst people is Washington's highest national security priority. But so far, the United States has attacked the people much more vigorously than the weapons. The war on terrorism that Washington is fighting and the war on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that it needs to fight are related but not identical. The attacks of September 1i, 2001, stimulated a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. counterterrorism practices and agencies. The United States went on the offensive in Afghanistan and around the world; border and immigration controls were tight ened; emergency response was fortified; and a new Department of Homeland Security was created. But counterproliferation policies have not been overhauled. The most significant action taken by the United States to counter WMD since September 11 has been the invasion of Iraq. Although at the time intelligence suggesting a recrudescence of Saddam Hussein's WMD programs appeared to justify the war, it now seems that the intelligence was incorrect. Meanwhile, North Korea has quadrupled its stock of plutonium, a far graver setback to counterproliferation than anything Saddam might have been pursuing. A distracted admin istration has left the initiative for curbing Iran's evident nuclear ambitions to two groups that failed to support the Iraq invasion: the Europeans
Development economics · Economics · Keynesian economics · Political economy · Political science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Military and Defense Studies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1916 - 2019 (104) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |