Project Atom

Report by Clark A. Murdock, Tom Karako, Barry Blechman, Elbridge Colby, Keith B. Payne, Russell Rumbaugh, Thomas Scheber, and Samuel J. Brannen, and Angela Weaver

Published June 22, 2015

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A Competitive Strategies Approach to Defining U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Posture for 2025–2050

Project Atom is a forward-looking, “blue-sky” review of U.S. nuclear strategy and posture in a 2025-2050 world in which nuclear weapons are still necessary. The report highlights and addresses the current deficit in national security attention paid to the continued relevance and importance of U.S. nuclear strategy and force posture, provides a new open-source baseline for understanding the nuclear strategies of other countries, and offers a credible, intellectually tested, and nonpartisan range of options for the United States to consider in revising its own nuclear strategy.

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Defense and Security Defense Strategy and Capabilities and Geopolitics and International Security
Clark A. Murdock

Clark A. Murdock

Former Senior Adviser (Non-resident), International Security Program
Tom Karako

Tom Karako

Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Missile Defense Project

Barry Blechman, Elbridge Colby, Keith B. Payne, Russell Rumbaugh, Thomas Scheber

Samuel J. Brannen, and Angela Weaver

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