{"625990":{"#nid":"625990","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"A Commonsense Policy for Avoiding a Disastrous Nuclear Decision","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdmiral Sandy Winnefeld, USN (ret.), a distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School, wrote \u0026quot;A Commonsense Policy for Avoiding a Disastrous Nuclear Decision\u0026quot; published by the \u003Cem\u003ECarnegie Endowment for International Peace\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the intense time pressure involved in accurately diagnosing, and then ordering and executing a response to a nuclear attack, could easily backfire catastrophically. Specifically, the time pressure inherent in this launch-under-attack approach creates two unacceptable risks: that the president might fail to respond to a real attack, or that he or she might order a nuclear response to a false warning. To address these risks, the president should be able to order a delayed response\u0026mdash;an option I call \u0026ldquo;decide under attack.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFind the post in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/2019\/09\/10\/commonsense-policy-for-avoiding-disastrous-nuclear-decision-pub-79799\u0022\u003ECarnegie Endowment website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34435","created_gmt":"2019-09-10 20:45:22","changed_gmt":"2019-09-10 20:45:22","author":"jpalacios9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"GT Faculty","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/2019\/09\/10\/commonsense-policy-for-avoiding-disastrous-nuclear-decision-pub-79799","dateline":{"date":"2019-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"293511":{"id":"293511","type":"image","title":"Admiral James \u0022Sandy\u0022 Winnefeld","body":null,"created":"1449244313","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:51:53","changed":"1475894991","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:51","alt":"Admiral James \u0022Sandy\u0022 Winnefeld","file":{"fid":"199306","name":"adm_winnefeld.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/adm_winnefeld_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/adm_winnefeld_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2034662,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/adm_winnefeld_0.jpg?itok=ysghTqF9"}}},"media_ids":["293511"],"groups":[{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"182293","name":"nuclear deterrence"},{"id":"175164","name":"Ballistic missiles"},{"id":"47821","name":"arms control"},{"id":"108321","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; Sam Nunn School of International Affairs;"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}