Strategic culture and ballistic missile defense: Russia and the United States

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dc.contributor.advisorYost, David Scott
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Miriam D.
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
dc.contributor.departmentNational Security Affairs (NSA)
dc.contributor.secondreaderParker, Patrick J.
dc.dateJune 1993
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-26T23:23:11Z
dc.date.available2014-03-26T23:23:11Z
dc.date.issued1993-06
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines U.S. and Russian history and current policy debates to advance understanding of: (1) the strategic cultures of these nations, particularly with respect to BMD policies in the recent past; and (2) whether and how their strategic cultures and approaches to BMD are changing and how that may affect future strategic BMD developments and the status of the ABM Treaty. The development of BMD strategies, including policies concerning the ABM Treaty, within the framework of the established American and Russian strategic cultures is studied, with due attention to the Soviet experience and legacy in the Russian case. U.S. strategic culture does not seem to have changed significantly with the end of the Cold War, but U.S. BMD priorities have been redefined to reflect a higher priority attached to regional and theater-level defenses. It is apparent that the Soviet experience did have a significant impact on Russian strategic culture. Faced with major changes in its international status, domestic political-military arrangements, and scope of national security concerns, Russian strategic culture is nonetheless moving beyond the old Soviet culture. Future Russian policies regarding the transfer of BMD technology, sharing early warning data, and participating in a global protective system are heavily dependent on domestic political developments.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceLieutenant, United States Navyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/strategicculture1094539769
dc.format.extent99 p.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/39769
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorRussiaen_US
dc.subject.authorUSSRen_US
dc.subject.authorStrategic cultureen_US
dc.subject.authorBallistic missile defenseen_US
dc.subject.authorNational strategyen_US
dc.subject.authorNuclear strategyen_US
dc.subject.authorStrategic defenseen_US
dc.subject.authorABM treatyen_US
dc.subject.authorArms controlen_US
dc.subject.authorStrategic stabilityen_US
dc.titleStrategic culture and ballistic missile defense: Russia and the United Statesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineNational Security Affairsen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.A. in National Security Affairsen_US
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