Included Reports

Studies and Reports Included in the Comprehensive Framework:

Original Reports -- 10/1/09

  • Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A Debate (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
  • America’s Strategic Posture: The Final Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States
  • From Counterforce to Minimal Deterrence: A New Nuclear Policy on the Path Toward Eliminating Nuclear Weapons (FAS/NRDC)
  • Independent Task Force Report No. 62: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy (Council on Foreign Relations)
  • Interim Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States
  • Leveraging Science for Security: A Strategy for the Nuclear Weapons Laboratories in the 21st Century (The Henry L. Stimson Center)
  • National Security and Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century (DoD/DoE)
  • Nuclear Forensics: Role, State of the Art, Program Needs (APS/AAAS)
  • Nuclear Weapons in 21st Century U.S. National Security: Report by a Joint Working Group of AAAS, the American Physical Society and the Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Orienting the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review: A Roadmap (Center for American Progress)
  • Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management, Phase I: The Air Force’s Nuclear Mission
  • Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons, Phase II: Review of the DoD Nuclear Mission
  • Reducing Nuclear Threats and Preventing Nuclear Terrorism (National Security Advisory Group)
  • Report of the Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety on Nuclear Weapons Inspections for the Strategic Nuclear Forces
  • Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Capabilities
  • Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence Skills
  • Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (Hoover Institute)
  • Securing the Bomb 2008 (Project on Managing the Atom)
  • The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century: A Beyond-Goldwater Nichols Phase 4 Report (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
  • U.S. Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Getting it Right (The New Deterrent Working Group)
  • World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism

Update #1 -- 12/9/09

  • In the Eyes of the Experts: Analysis and Comments on America's Strategic Posture (US Institute for Peace)
  • Nuclear Terrorism: Assessing the Threat, Developing a Response (Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments)
  • Planning the Future U.S. Nuclear Force: Volume I: Executive Report (National Institute for Public Policy)
  • The Proliferation Security Initiative: A Model for Future International Collaboration (National Institute for Public Policy)
  • The Road to 2010: Addressing the nuclear question in the twenty first century (UK Cabinet Office)
  • Unblocking the Road to Zero (The Henry L. Stimson Center)
  • US Nuclear Forces: Meeting the Challenges of a Proliferated World (Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments)

 Update #2 -- 6/14/10

  • Eliminating Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers (International Commission on Nuclear non-proliferation and Disarmament)
  • Exploring the Nuclear Posture Implications of Extended Deterrence and Assurance: Workshop Proceeding and Key Takeaways (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
  • Reducing and Regulating Tactical (Nonstrategic) Nuclear Weapons in Europe (The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies)
  • Reframing Nuclear De-Alert: Decreasing the operational readiness of U.S. and Russian arsenals (EastWest Institute)
  • Technical Steps to Support Nuclear Arsenal Downsizing (American Physical Society)
  • The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: New Technology, New Prospects? (EastWest Institute)
  • Triad, Dyad, Monad? Shaping the US Nuclear Force for the Future (Air Force Association)

 Update #3 -- 7/16/10

  • 2010 Nuclear Posture Review Report (Department of Defense)