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Pugwash Note on Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament

February 2, 2021
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There is an urgent need to reverse negative trends and revitalize the arms control and disarmament process. Some people speak about going back to the drawing board, “reinventing” arms control and making it more effective and sustainable. They may well have a point, especially in view of the major political, military and technological changes in the world over the last two or three decades. On the other hand, the situation today does not allow us to sit and wait until new concepts are invented and tested. We need to take, without delay, at least some limited steps as soon as possible to prevent a serious relapse of the nuclear arms race.

Pugwash has just published on its website an overview of the range of critical threats and opportunities in the realm of the nuclear arms control and disarmament
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