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Recommendations for reducing US nuclear arms require assessment of nuclear force requirements & arms control positions. Complex technical, political, & operational factors fluctuate due to rapidly changing strategic conditions. The 1994 Dept of Defense Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) recognized the need to lead the world toward reduction in nuclear arms, but to hedge if security threats reemerged. Factors that must be considered embody a range of strategic issues. Since policymakers cannot predict the future needs for nuclear arms, the US should avoid the legal rigidity & formality of Cold War agreements. Strategy for the future should focus on close consultation, coordination, & transparency. Structuring arms control away from mutual assured destruction, combined with initiatives to improve political relations, could allow the US & Russia to coordinate nuclear force reduction. L. A. Hoffman