Ultimate Security: Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction

In the wake of the deadly terrorist operations against New York and Washington in September 2001, the possiblity of nuclear attacks against American territory have once again become a subject of concern. The perceived risks to American security from the international diffusion of advanced technologies, along with weakened state controls over borders and international commerce, have hastened a dramatic restructuring of U.S. defense and national security policy.This book gathers together eight prominent scholars, academics, and policy practitioners to address the major issues underlying the changes in the global security environment and evaluate the effectiveness of recent U.S. policy innovations.Authors include Amy Zegart, University of California; Joe Cirincione, Carnegie Endowment; Jessica Stern, Harvard University; David Kay, Science Applications International Corporation; Rose Gottemoeller, Carnegie Endowment; William Keller, MIT; Joanna Spear, King’s College London; and Robert Litwak, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Janne E. Nolan serves on the faculty of the international security program at George Washington University. She is the author of numerous books and articles, including "An Elusive Consensus: Nuclear Weapons and American Security after the Cold War" (Brookings, 1999).

Bernard I. Finel is executive director of the Security Studies Program and the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University.

Brian D. Finlay is the director of the Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign, an initiative of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. Most recently, he was a program officer at The Century Foundation.