ABSTRACT
The shadow of nuclear arms dominates world politics, and taming the nuclear weapon looms as one of the most fundamental problems in international affairs. In 1948, the United States proposed the Baruch Plan to bring its own monopoly of nuclear energy under international control. Since the Soviet Union's rejection of the plan—one of the decisive turning points of modern history—the United States has advanced one idea after another in a persistent search for a way to reduce the threat of nuclear war. The Reagan administration, like every other US administration since the beginning of the nuclear era, shares the commitment to limit nuclear armaments. The president and the administration share the concern felt throughout the world of the danger that nuclear weapons pose for mankind. The Reagan administration is committed to going well beyond what has been achieved so far in the field of arms control—well beyond the mere codification of both sides' military posture plans.
