Cooperative Approaches to Halt Russian Nuclear Proliferation and Improve the Openness of Nuclear Disarmament

Abstract

In response to a request from the Senate Democratic Leader, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is analyzing a broad range of cooperative measures between the United States and Russia that could improve nuclear security. This CBO memorandum responds to Senator Daschle's request for findings as they become available.(Earlier publications responding to the same request included two letters: one dated September 3, 1998, on improving Russia's access to early-warning information, and another dated March 18, 1998, on the estimated budgetary effects of alternative levels of strategic forces.) The options included in this memorandum fall into two broad categories: preventing the spread of nuclear materials and technical knowledge from Russia, and improving openness, or transparency, in dismantling warheads and accounting for fissile materials. In keeping with CBO's mandate to provide objective, impartial analysis, this memorandum makes no recommendations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1999
Accession Number
AD1135150

Entities

People

  • David Mosher
  • Geoffrey Forden
  • Raymond J. Hall

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Fissile Materials
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Measurement
  • National Governments
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Personnel Management
  • Treaties

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting