Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) personnel said the recent offering of its U.S. Nuclear Policies for a Safer World seeks to bolster efforts to reduce growing nuclear risks.
The set of papers calls for establishing a bipartisan liaison group between Congress and the administration and policy guardrails and ensuring any decision to use nuclear weapons would be deliberative and based on appropriate planning and consultation.
Other recommendations include narrowing the range of scenarios in which America would consider the use of nuclear weapons; negotiating a successor to the new START treaty, further limiting the strategic systems of the United States and Russia; and pursuing greater engagement with Beijing, China on nuclear and strategic issues while engaging in regular bilateral dialogue on key issues and seeking to reduce the risk of use of nuclear weapons by improving transparency and undertaking confidence-building measures.
“The risk of use of a nuclear weapon is higher today than at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis,” NTI Co-Chairs Ernest J. Moniz and Sam Nunn wrote in an introduction to the papers. “Reducing these risks will require U.S. leadership and renewed commitment to diplomacy and engagement, bold and creative policy choices and unwavering focus.”