Broadly, he argues that the US needs to step back and assess how well its counter-proliferation programs are running both individually and as a whole. He equates this methodology to that of a baseball manager studying how well his team plays together. The manager can assess how individual players play together in dyads or many different combinations. Moreover, a manager can examine …show more content…
Many nuclear scholars and political scientists contend that states would rarely if ever give up or sell their nuclear materials, but this argument only operates on the national level. Using the example of A.Q. Khan, Levi argues that subnational actors do not always have the same limitations and interests as national actors. Regardless of how robust the worlds nuclear control systems might be, the risk that nuclear materials will get into the hands of terrorist groups will always exist, which is is why the US’ best chance of countering nuclear terrorism is to ensure that government entities are sharing information and working together in a multifaceted fashion to disrupt terrorist