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Updated: Aug 13, 2009

German Minister of State Speaks on FRG Nuclear Policy, Introduces CNS Study

Gernot Erler, German Federal Foreign Office Minister of State
Gernot Erler, German Federal Foreign Office Minister of State

At a public seminar in Washington, DC, hosted by CNS on July 17, 2009, German Federal Foreign Office Minister of State, Gernot Erler reviewed Germany's disarmament and nonproliferation policies and introduced a major study by CNS entitled Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership.

The study, written by CNS senior staff members Dennis M. Gormley, Patricia M. Lewis, Miles A. Pomper, Lawrence Scheinman, Stephen I. Schwartz, Nikolai N. Sokov, and Leonard S. Spector, addresses four issues whose management will be essential to advancing disarmament and nonproliferation objectives and identifies initiatives where Germany can contribute significantly to this process.

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Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership

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Or, click the links below to read individual sections:

Foreword
Overview and Highlights of Recommendations
Issue 1: Moving Toward Zero Nuclear Weapons: Managing the Overhang of U.S. Conventional Military Power
Leonard S. Spector, Lead Author
Issue 2: Germany, Nuclear Disarmament, Nonproliferation, and NATO
Patricia M. Lewis, Lead Author
Issue 3: Managing U.S. Missile Defenses and Russian Concerns
Dennis M. Gormley, Miles A. Pomper, and Nikolai N. Sokov, Lead Authors
Issue 4: Tactical (Substrategic) Nuclear Weapons
Nikolai N. Sokov, Lead Author
Author Biographies
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