| Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union Contributor(s): Woolf, Amy F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1490518878 ISBN-13: 9781490518879 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2013 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - Legislative Branch |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.40 lbs) 68 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Congress passed the Nunn-Lugar amendment, authorizing U.S. threat reduction assistance to the former Soviet Union, in November 1991, after a failed coup in Moscow and the disintegration of the Soviet Union raised concerns about the safety and security of Soviet nuclear weapons. The annual program has grown from $400 million in the DOD budget to over $1 billion per year across three agencies-DOD, DOE, and the State Department. It has also evolved from an emergency response to impending chaos in the Soviet Union, to a more comprehensive threat reduction and nonproliferation effort, to a broader program seeking to keep nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons from leaking out of the former Soviet Union and into the hands of rogue nations or terrorist groups, to a global program to address the threat of weapons of mass destruction. |