President Joe Biden should use the opportunity of the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in the United States’ security policy and support a forward-looking arms control approach while maintaining a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent. He will have to make his views known if he wants the process to produce bold options for his consideration.
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Steven Pifer: The Nuclear Posture Review must give Biden real options
This US Air Force photo obtained Jan. 27, 2021 shows a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, flying with Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force F-15SAs during a bomber task force mission over the US Central Command area of responsibility, on Jan. 27, 2021. - A US B-52 bomber flew over the Middle East on Jan. 27, 2021 in a show of force by President Joe Biden's new administration as it girds for a challenging relationship with Iran, the Pentagon said.