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This study presents an account of why nuclear weapons are rapidly becoming less attractive than they once seemed and what factors can motivate a country's leaders to keep nuclear ambitions in check. Written by an arms control expert, Bridled Ambition explains how nine countries鈥擲outh Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan and North Korea鈥攈ave recently capped, curtailed, or rolled back their nuclear weapons programmes. Among the issues discussed how, when, where and why South Africa built the bomb, how they planned to use it and why they gave it up. There are details of the classified 1992 denuclearization agreement that Russia forced Belarus to sign, setting the timetable for the return of SS-25 ICBMs to Russia. Other previously confidential information is discussed.

Mitchell Reiss is a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a consultant to the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

1. Introduction

2. South Africa: 鈥淐astles in the Air鈥�

3. Argentina and Brazil: Rivals, Not Enemies

4. The Former Soviet Union: Managing the Nuclear Inheritance
Ukraine: The Nuclear Hedgehog
Belarus: Pushing on an Open Door
Kazakhstan: Deliberate Denuclearization

5. South Asia: The Zero-Sum Subcontinent?

6. North Korea: Living with Uncertainty

7. Conclusion

鈥淎t a time when nuclear proliferation is becoming an increasingly ominous threat to global stability, Mitchell Reiss鈥檚 book provides the much-needed perspective. Thoroughly researched, systematic and probing in analysis, and significant in its conclusions.鈥濃�擹bigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser, 1977鈥�1981

鈥淛udiciously lays out the wins and draws of recent nonproliferation efforts, drawing our attention to the good policies and good fortune that can play a role in this struggle.鈥濃�擲. S. Hecker, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory

鈥淢atching a critical eye with meticulous research, Reiss slices through diplomatic smokescreens and uncovers a wealth of new information about nuclear programs in nine countries.鈥濃�擫eslie H. Gelb, President, Council on Foreign Relations

鈥淎 thought-provoking work鈥攐ne that offers some useful balm to the fevered discourse over nuclear proliferation.鈥� A valuable and well-written reminder that in fighting the world鈥檚 fight we cannot ignore our occasional clear and even partial successes.鈥濃�擱. James Woolsey, Director of Central Intelligence, 1992鈥�1995

鈥淩eiss worked for the National Security Council on nonproliferation issues and thus brings a wealth of inside information to this study. Reiss examines nine countries that have voluntarily constrained, frozen, or eliminated their nuclear weapons programs. These counties are South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Belorus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, and North Korea.鈥� Reiss has added an important contribution to the research of nuclear nonproliferation and shown us that occasionally deproliferation is a viable policy option.鈥濃�擪evin J. Lasher, Presidential Studies Quarterly

鈥淒rawing on hundreds of interviews with officials in several nations and previously classified information, Mr. Reiss explains why nine countries鈥擲outh Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan, and North Korea鈥攈ave either capped, curtailed, or rolled back their nuclear weapons programs.鈥濃�擫awrence J. Korb, New York Times

鈥淢ichael Reiss鈥檚 work is an excellent, detailed and well-documented story of why some states鈥ave subsequently abandoned their nuclear ambitions.鈥濃�擭OD & Conversion