Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The ABM regime. Origins of the ABM Treaty / Kerry M. Kartchner ; The changing political-military environment / Robert Joseph ; The changing technological environment / Dennis M. Ward
  • part 2. Defense, arms control, and crisis stability. Alternative architectures and U.S. politics / Michael O'Hanlon ; Global stability in a changing defense environment / Richard J. Harknett ; The future of arms control / Julian Schofield
  • part 3. Regional responses to national missile defense. China / Bradley Roberts ; Russia / Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Goldgeier ; South Asia / Timothy D. Hoyt ; The Allies / Charles Ball ; Conclusion / Jeffrey A. Larsen
  • Appendices. Treaty summary and text of the 1972 ABM Treaty ; 1972 memorandum of understanding regarding the ABM treaty ; Agreed statements, common understandings, and unilateral statements regarding the ABM treaty, May 1972 ; Summary and text of the 1974 protocol to the ABM treaty ; Text of the 1997 Helsinki joint statement concerning the ABM treaty ; 1997 agreed statements relating to the ABM treaty ; June 1999 joint U.S.-Russian statement on offensive and defensive arms ; National Missile Defense Act of 1999 (H.R. 4 ENR) ; Excerpts from President Clinton's speech deferring a decision on national missile defense ; Text of George W. Bush's speech "New leadership on national security," 23 May 2000 ; Text of President George W. Bush's speech on national missile defense, 1 May 2001.