Background for President Obama’s Nuclear Policy

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the background of President Obama’s nuclear policy, by making clear four background points for a new trend toward nuclear disarmament. After introducing the contents of the Prague address by the President, I will critically examine President Bush’s nuclear policy, and then discuss international circumstances surrounding nuclear weapons. I study the arguments for a world without nuclear weapons by the Hoover plan, and take up President Obama’s personal ideas and preferences. In conclusion, I will argue that these four background points worked side by side each other, and worked synergistically to fabricate Obama’s final nuclear policy.