Nuclear Security: The Problems and the Road Ahead

by Henry P. Kissinger, Sidney D. Drell, Henry Kissinger

Concern about the threat posed by nuclear weapons has preoccupied the United States and presidents of the United States since the beginning of the nuclear era. Nuclear Security draws from papers presented at the 2013 meeting of the American Nuclear Society examining worldwide efforts to control nuclear weapons and ensure the safety of the nuclear enterprise of weapons and reactors against catastrophic accidents. The distinguished contributors, all known for their long-standing interest in getting better control of the threats posed by nuclear weapons and reactors, discuss what we can learn from past successes and failures and attempt to identify the key ingredients for a road ahead that can lead us toward a world free of nuclear weapons. The authors review historical efforts to deal with the challenge of nuclear weapons, with a focus on the momentous arms control negotiations between U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. They offer specific recommendations for reducing risks that should be adopted by the nuclear enterprise, both military and civilian, in the United States and abroad. Since the risks posed by the nuclear enterprise are so high, they conclude, no reasonable effort should be spared to ensure safety and security.

72 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2014

Reviews

[Wilson Tun · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a decent book on how the nuclear weapons have progressed over the years and how we as the humanity have to stand firm for the peace and not loop back into the Cold War thinking of mutually assured destruction and strive for idealistic but possible zero-nuclear world in future.