Washington’s Imaginary Nuclear Arms Race

Washington’s Imaginary Nuclear Arms Race

 Today’s strategic environment is in fact much different than 30 years ago, though some of the actors and issues remain the same.

Matthew R. Costlow is a policy analyst at the National Institute for Public Policy as well as a Nuclear Scholar with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. His work has previously appeared in the Journal of Comparative Strategy, The Wall Street Journal, Defense News, and The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Image: National Nuclear Security Administration via Wikimedia​