WMD Proliferation and Conventional Counterforce: The Case of Iraq; Strategic Insights: v.5, issue 6 (July 2006)
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Russell, James A.
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2006-07
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July 2006,
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Press reports indicate that the Bush administration is finalizing a national security strategy document that advocates preventive military attacks to stop states from developing weapons of mass destruction. The palpable hue and cry against such an idea is easy to understand since it overturns a policy that traditionally has guided U.S. thinking on addressing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation. For decades the United States chose to rely on multilateral control regimes and diplomatic or economic pressures against states seeking to acquire WMD. Indeed, one notable exception to this policy has been the effort undertaken by both Republican and Democratic administrations over the last decade to use military force to slow or destroy Iraq's efforts to acquire nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
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This article appeared in Strategic Insights (July 2006,) v.5 no.6
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Strategic Insights, v.5, issue 6 (July 2006)
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