Last night, I sat down to talk nuclear strategy with William Rosenau of the Center for Naval Analysis, defense analyst Elbridge Colby, Robert Zarate of the Foreign Policy Initiative, and Stanley Orman – a former nuclear arms wizard who saved the U.S. and U.K. nuclear arsenals from corrosion in the 1960s. It was a fascinating discussion during which I learned a great deal about nuclear arms, the Cold War, and giants of strategy like Thomas Schelling, Herman Kahn, and Albert Wohlstetter.
Have a listen and read Stanley’s new book, An Uncivil Civil Servant.
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Ryan Evans is the assistant director of the Center for the National Interest and the editor-in-chief of War on the Rocks.
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Some truly ominous possibilities ahead. The disarmament advocates are wrong.
I found the logic for the proposition on saving missiles from destruction but not people and cities undeniable. No single policy maker may think this way, but this is the result..
Interesting subject, and I would have loved to listen, but you guy’s need to learn radio discipline. I do not mean refraining from radio transmissions the enemy may detect, but EATING while on the air, and TALKING with FOOD in your MOUTH. It’s killing me! Wars may be inevitable, but this has got to stop.(p.s. J/K, great show, great topics!)