ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to initiate a US response to changes in the evolving post-Cold War security context—especially within the "nuclear" countries of the former Soviet Union. The Nunn-Lugar policy sought to address the Soviet military threat at its source, through cooperative demilitarization that would benefit both the United States and the former Soviet Union. Nunn-Lugar activities were to be paid for through a funding mechanism that allowed transfers from Department of Defense operation and maintenance and working capital accounts. Regarding nuclear and chemical dismantlement issues, the report urged acceleration of aid under the Nunn-Lugar amendment. Developing the Nunn-Lugar legislation has taught a number of lessons that are relevant to future US efforts in the former Soviet Union and to foreign policymaking in general. The Nunn-Lugar legislation was generated by a belief that the United States had an opportunity to make unprecedented reductions in arsenals of mass destruction that posed horrific dangers of accidental or unauthorized use and of proliferation.
