The United States has not been able to counter global nuclear proliferation because the development of nuclear capabilities is often driven by local considerations and not in response to U.S. policy, according to a recent Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) report. In his report, Rethinking the Road to Zero, Evan Braden Montgomery says there is little reason to believe U.S. nuclear reductions will incentivize other nations to diminish their own reliance on nuclear weapons, decrease the size of…
