It’s time to reboot America’s counter-WMD strategy
By: Ron Fizer   1 day ago
As the world continues to press forward with technological advancements, weapons of mass destruction remain a threat to our national security and global stability. We have devolved into an era where the possession and use of WMDs is escalating, the penalties for their use is declining, and the risk of a catastrophic event is ever-increasing. But there is an opportunity to reverse the march toward increasing WMD threats.
One step is for the United States to reestablish its leadership role in the countering-WMD space. To do that, we need a clear strategy along with active implementation plans across each responsible department and agency. It is time to reboot our national CWMD strategy.
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, combined with the continued threat of WMDs across the globe led to the 2002 publication of the “National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction.†This strategy established the tenants of nonproliferation, counterproliferation and consequence management, and they remain valid. Yet, the current era of great power competition, advances in technology and globalization necessitate a reboot that incorporates those lessons into an implementable whole-of-government approach.
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