Steven Pifer: 2 books

For some observers, nuclear arms control is either a relic of the cold war, or a utopian dream about a denuclearized planet decades in the future. But, as Brookings scholars Steven Pifer and Michael O'Hanlon argue in The Opportunity, arms control can address some key security challenges facing Washington...

The first detailed account of U.S. policy toward—and relations with—Ukraine, the second most critical country in the post-Soviet space. More than a history, it explains where U.S. policy succeeded or failed, and why, and extracts lessons from the 1992-2004 period that can usefully shape Washington’s policy today.