Safety in numbers : problems of a smaller U.S. nuclear arsenal in Asia

• Main Author: Christine M. Leah
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103897; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20084
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper argues that the Asia Pacific region is not ready for further nuclear reductions by the United States. After the end of the Cold War, the United States was able was reduce its nuclear and conventional forces and take an intellectual “holiday” from the demands of END against the Soviet Unio...