Nuclear Deposturing and U.S. Public Opinion. Taking the People's Views Into Account

Abstract

USSTRATCOM is currently developing a rational framework for evaluating deposturing alternatives that range from distancing the 'nuclear football' from the President to storing land-based ICBM's away from their soils. One of the areas that may be considered by USSTRATCOM when evaluating these alternatives is the political feasibility of implementing different alternatives. An important determinant of this political feasibility is domestic public opinion, as it can encourage or constrain the actions of the elected officials who are directly accountable to the people. This Policy Analysis Exercise helps USSTRATCOM take public opinion into account in the analysis by considering the views that U.S. citizens hold on defense issues and recommending how these views should be included in the evaluation of different deposturing measures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 12, 1994
Accession Number
ADA282124

Entities

People

  • S. C. Hinote

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Cold War
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • New York
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Public Opinion
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Ussr

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design