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The Case Against the National Missile Defense System
Tue, May 16th, 2000
The Lawyers Alliance for World Security released a new "White Paper on National Missile Defense." This review carefully examines the principal technical, political and strategic arguments in favor of deploying a national missile defense system, and finds them wanting. Four White Paper authors presented their findings at this session. George Lewis described the technical problems the system has failed to overcome. Joseph Cirincione analyzed the declining global ballistic missile threat. Jack Mendelsohn and Steve Fetter detailed the serious strategic consequences of unilaterally deploying the system and outline effective alternatives for dealing with the potential threats the system is trying to address.
Speakers:
Mr. Joseph
Cirincione
Director, Carnegie Non-Proliferation Project
Associate Director, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Mr. Jack Mendelsohn
Vice President, Lawyers Alliance for World Security
Mr. Cirincione's Presentation: The Declining Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speaker
Joseph Cirincione
Former Senior Associate, Director for NonProliferation
