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The Nuclear Posture Review: The Middle East Redux?

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Nuclear Transformation

Part of the book series: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies ((ISSIP))

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The Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) promises to affect the shape and content of the nation’s national security strategy writ large, and, U.S. security strategies tailored to geographic theaters around the world. Each of the National Command Authority’s regional military commanders will inevitably adjust their plans, policies and resources to meet the requirements of opera-tionalizing the NPR.

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  5. James Risen, “Ex-Inspector Says CIA Missed Disarray in Iraqi Arms Program,” New York Times January 26, 2004.

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  1. James A. Russell
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. National Security Affairs Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA

    James J. Wirtz (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Larsen Consulting Group, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

    Jeffrey A. Larsen (President, Senior Policy Analyst, Adjunct Professor of International Studies) (President, Senior Policy Analyst, Adjunct Professor of International Studies)

  3. Science Applications International Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

    Jeffrey A. Larsen (President, Senior Policy Analyst, Adjunct Professor of International Studies) (President, Senior Policy Analyst, Adjunct Professor of International Studies)

  4. University of Denver, USA

    Jeffrey A. Larsen (President, Senior Policy Analyst, Adjunct Professor of International Studies) (President, Senior Policy Analyst, Adjunct Professor of International Studies)

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© 2005 James J. Wirtz and Jeffrey A. Larsen

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Russell, J.A. (2005). The Nuclear Posture Review: The Middle East Redux?. In: Wirtz, J.J., Larsen, J.A. (eds) Nuclear Transformation. Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-07838-4_17

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