Decision Making Skills For Arms Control And Trade

Army Officers uses the process to make and implement the decision, they understand that implications and consequences are generated based on the decision. If they identified the problem properly, and follows the element of thought, he will increase the probability to make the right decision in order to accomplish the purpose of the mission.

Since the invention of nuclear weapons, they have presented the world with a significant danger, one that was shown in reality during the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, nuclear weapons have not only served in combat, but they have also played a role in keeping the world peaceful by the concept of deterrence. The usage of nuclear weapons would lead to mutual destruction and during the Cold War, nuclear weapons were necessary to maintain international security, as a means of deterrence. However, by the end of the Cold War, reliance on nuclear weapons for maintaining peace became increasingly difficult and less effective (Shultz, et. al, 2007). The development of technology has also provided increasing opportunities for states

The Cold War took place between the United States (US) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from the mid 1940’s to the early 1990s. It was a “cold war” in the sense that there was never any military engagement between the US and the USSR, but during the Cold War both superpowers invested in many different weapons. The Cold War finally started to wind down in the late 1980’s due to Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev’s cooperation.

The Cold War was a competition. The US and the Soviet Union raced to become the world’s number one superpower, building up their militaries, improving their arsenals, and developing more advanced weapons. However, weapons in the war were not limited to only nuclear warheads. The weapons used in the Cold War were nuclear warheads, and hope and terror caused by propaganda.

After the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union became embroiled in what is now known as the Cold War, this was both an international competition between two countries, and an ideological confrontation between capitalism and communism. This led to direct and indirect competition on many fronts, such as proxy wars and police actions, the Olympics, the Nuclear Arms Race, and the Space Race. (Citation).

On August 6, 1945 the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing 66,000 people. The dropping of the bomb also had broader circumstances as it forced the surrender of Japan, officially ending World War II. However, the end of World War II marked the beginning of the political conflict and military tension between Russia and the United States known as the cold war. The “war” became global as it as it transformed from the U.S.S.R. vs. the United States to NATO vs. the Warsaw Pact. The Cold War ended in 1991, and now about twelve countries are confirmed or suspected to possess nuclear weapons. Globalization has advanced both the spread of nuclear weapons, and their disarmament. Non-proliferation efforts

In the Army, there is a process that is very useful for finding a solution to many different problems. This process is called, “The Army problem solving process”, which is a seven-step process to come up with a solution to a problem. The first step in this process is to identify the problem. Once the problem has been identified, the next step is to gather information. It would be best to identify the pros and cons of the situation. The next step is to develop criteria. This is the perfect time to consider a possible solution, which brings us to the next step, generate a possible solution. This time, possible solutions are taken into consideration and comparing each of them. This is called analyzing and comparing the solution. Finally, in the last step, a decision is made and implemented. Unfortunately, there are some potential impediments that may interfere with the Army problem solving process. One perfect example would be, “The Tyranny of Choice” which is when there are so many choices that may interfere with the decision making process. The Army problem solving

The development and use of nuclear weapons in 1945 changed not only warfare, but how countries approach warfare as a whole. As Andrew Heywood notes in his book, Global Politics, says that there’s a tendency “for any weapons to proliferate” or spread. With that knowledge it should be assumed that many nations would want to obtain nuclear weapons after seeing what the power that they hold. A state being in possession of a nuclear weapon can deter potential enemies and make them a power on the global scale. The Cold War era and post- Cold War era both saw an in increase in the spread of nuclear weapons. During the Cold War, after the US first used a nuclear weapon in 1945, states that gained nuclear capabilities were the France, the UK, China and the Soviet Union. Post – Cold War era India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea all gained nuclear weapons and shows the problem with proliferation of them. India and Pakistan are neighboring states and rivals which can lead to the possibility that they could be used at any moment. North Korea is a dangerous militaristic state that constantly threatens other states. This illustrates that the spread of nuclear weapons is a global problem because nuclear proliferation can possibly put WMDS, weapons of mass destruction, in the hands of rival states or extremely dangerous nations. There’s also the possibility of them falling into the hands of non state actors such as terrorists groups. Nuclear proliferation and nuclear disarmament/arms

The Cold War lasted from 1947 to 1991 and changed America completely. The United States broke away from isolationism and began participating in world politics through organizations such as NATO and the United Nations, as well as many other coalitions and alliances. The Cold War pitted the U.S. and the Soviet Union against each other in a bitter rivalry, and some even went on to say the United States and the Soviet Union were reorganizing the world into what some called “a new world order”. The policy of communist containment caused the U.S. to become entangled with the development of many nations around the world. While today the Cold War conflict has ended and considered by many as resolved, its legacy still has lasting

Within America, the forces between the navy and airforce began to compete, and the stockpile of nuclear weapons began to grow. By late 1960s, there were over 31,000 nuclear weapons and 36 different types. The United States wanted to make the point of “we have more than you.”

When the evolution and globalization of the arms race hit the civilian and black market it provided the

Post World War II there was a great deal of tension primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union. Both sides distrusted each other and capitalism versus communism became a substantial issue. The two superpowers never fought directly but they both allied opposing regions. Although they never engaged directly both sides prepared to. During this time the advancement in weapons of mass destruction was a concern. From 1945 to1989 the Cold War dominated.

Nuclear weapons have only ever been used once in human history, and that was during World War II when The United States deployed missiles on Japanese territory, in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. At the time of bombing in 1945 only the USA had developed nuclear weapons, whilst today the pool of states consisting of nuclear weapons is still extremely small, with only nine states laying claim to nuclear technology and weaponry. This nuclear proliferation is explained by Darryl Howlett who explains this as the worldwide spread of nuclear weapons. For Howlett states are nuclear driven because of the ‘strategic, political and prestige benefits’ attached to nuclear weapons[1]. In the

After the in the World War II, there was a power division of the world into two axes of power that created the United Soviet Socialist Republics or only the Soviet Union.  The axis of power and the scramble for the control of the world led to the making of the Berlin wall and division of eastern and western Germany each with either ideology. The allies which included the USA, Great Britain and France formed allied forces. Although the cold war was in itself not a war, it was an economic sanction and led to the development of world deadliest weapons. It is also the exodus of the deadly Cuban missile and the rise of China.

The post World War Two nuclear arms race can arguably be seen as the defining event of the Cold War. For the first time in history a weapon had been created that had the potential to end humanity as we knew it, a weapon with such power that one single use could decisively change the course of war and reduce a potent enemy to an impotent conquest. Yet it is because of the magnitude and influence of this weapon that the nuclear arms race began and then grew, and ultimately remained just that – a race: two competing blocs chasing nuclear supremacy over the other, without ever committing to its use. The post-war nuclear arms race is therefore defined as the competition during the Cold War between the United Sates and the Soviet Union for nuclear weapon supremacy. Allies of these two countries were aligned in opposing blocs and did pursue their own nuclear weapon programmes, however none engaged in warhead production on the same scale as the US and the USSR.