President Obama has revamped U.S. nuclear strategy to narrow the conditions under which we would use nuclear weapons, but made it clear that “outliers like Iran and North Korea” still could be potential targets. BU security law lecturer Philip O’Neill, author of the newly published “Verification in an Age of Insecurity,” says being able to verify who has what capabilities is critical to any strategy.
“The future verification process in nuclear arms reduction will have to account for not only those who agree to the bargain, but also those who don’t. Only rarely have nations faced such security challenges in the past, and that history is not encouraging; we will have to do much better this time.”
Contact Philip O’Neill, 617-951-2253, poneill@eapdlaw.com
