BMD in Context

BMD in Context: Diplomacy, Deterrence and Defense
The Report of the Working Group on Ballistic Missile Defense

Foreword

Susan Eisenhower

Security, Stability and Ballistic Missile Defense

• Andrew J. Goodpaster brings the various issues of the BMD debate into focus and provides a framework for the discussion within this volume.
  

BMD and the Main Components of National Security: Diplomacy,
Deterrence and Defense

• James Goodby provides an in-depth analysis of the diplomacy of missile defense.
  
• Leon Sloss offers insight on the role of deterrence in the BMD debate.
  
• Seymour J. Deitchman looks at defense more broadly, outlining a measure of effectiveness approach to the relationship between BMD and the other components of US national security.
  

Views and Commentary:

Statements of the Working Group that respond to the issues laid out in General Goodpaster's paper and that elaborate on various themes surrounding the BMD issue:

• Robert R. Bowie
• Thomas Graham, Jr.
• William Odom
• Edward Rowny
• William Y. Smith
• Peter Swiers
  

Victor A. Utgoff writes about the continued need to pursue BMD following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Andrew J. Goodpaster and Robert Ellsworth provide an over-view of US national interests in the 21st century world security environment and assess potential responses to various threats in order to put the BMD issue into a broader context.

Summary of Panelist Views

Ryan McFarland summarizes the views of the panelists on the various forms of missile defense and on the implications of the September 11 terrorist attacks for BMD.

Some final words on the conclusions of the working group

Appendices

Appendix A: Main Arguments Against NMD
Appendix B: Main Arguments in Defense of NMD
Appendix C: Bios of the Working Group