"The Day After..." Study: Nuclear Proliferation in the Post Cold War World Vol. I-III Summary Report, Main Report, Summary Report (1993) By Marc Dean Millot, Roger C. Molander, Peter A. Wilson
 
Vol.I
This study reports the results and analysis of a series of policy exercises conducted under RAND’s “The Day After... ” project — a study conducted for the Air Force that explored the implications of nuclear proliferation for U.S. national security strategy and policy in the post-Cold War world. In “The Day After... ” project, teams of participants were presented with scenarios that postulated the use of nuclear weapons against the U.S., its allies, or nonaligned third parties; the teams were then prompted to formulate policy responses. The results of “The Day After... ” exercises point out important policy issues that the Air Force should be prepared to debate. These issues, which will impact the Air Force considerably, include: 1) ensuring a credible power projection capability against potential regional nuclear adversaries, 2) charting the future role of nuclear weapons in U.S. defense strategy, and 3) developing an overall long-term strategy toward the nuclear proliferation threat.
 
Vol. II
This report documents the results of four series of policy exercises conducted under “The Day After... ” project. This summary first describes the assumptions, objectives, and approach of the study, including the exercise technique. It then covers each of the four series of exercises. It highlights the participants’ discussion and debate and, based on the results of each exercise series, identifies alternative approaches to proliferation-related policy problems. “The Day After...” study revealed that the policy support community in Washington (represented by the participants) has yet to articulate the implications of nuclear proliferation for U.S. defense strategy. Although this report does not advocate any specific policies, its authors urge the U.S. government and the analytic community to study more rigorously the options for addressing nuclear proliferation.
 
Vol. III
This Annex to the “Day After...” project reports on the implications of nuclear proliferation for U.S. national security. This volume contains the materials that the exercise participants used, as well as instructions on how to conduct the exercise. These materials were separated from the reports so that they might be used (with the main report) for college and graduate-level national security studies.
 
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