How does the development of a missile defense system threaten the international regime developed around nuclear proliferation during the Cold War? Why are some policy makers critical of this technology? How have the United States and other nuclear powers responded to the possibility that states could develop a missile defense system?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should identify how the development of missile defense systems threaten the nuclear regime because it upsets the potential for mutual assured destruction, which acts as a deterrent against the use of nuclear weapons. Answers should also identify how the development of these systems violates the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty of 1972, from which the United States withdrew in 2002. Critics cite three interrelated problems with these technologies: issues of reliability, remaining vulnerabilities (such as suitcase bombs), and uncertainty over how other states would react if the United States was successful. Answers should also address how some states have moved to develop their own defense systems, while U.S. technology has been sought in several different allied states (Poland, Romania, Turkey).
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Japan's economy is in decline today because
a. Japanese goods and products have been shown to be of inferior quality, resulting in a massive decrease of consumer demand. b. Japan has committed the bulk of its budget toward rebuilding its military and in doing so has ignored the economy. c. Japanese politicians have imposed costly and burdensome regulations on business and industry, radically reducing their profit margins. d. Japanese politicians, the bureaucracy, and big business rely on each other so much that they have all lost the ability to make sound economic judgments.
What is the third step in conducting historical research?
a) evaluating authenticity and accuracy of evidence b) formulating a hypothesis c) defining a topic or problem d) gathering data