...
within the First Committee is extremely heated and may serve as a vivid illustration of the problems concerning mutual understanding and the pent-up contradictions in bilateral and multilateral relations, which hinders effective disarmament.
The theme of nuclear weapons was also addressed at a
plenary session
of the eighth annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club: Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the role of NW as a factor that ensures global peace and security as well as the catastrophic nature of the consequences of using NW as a weapon of aggression.
Denuclearisation or security?
To date, to get ...
... regarding medium- and short-range missiles.
“No first use” adjustment of the U.S. nuclear strategy could be linked to a clarification of the provision of the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation on the conditions under which the use of nuclear weapons by Russia is considered possible.
A scenario of the United States asking Russia (and/or China) through official or unofffical channels to take similar measures “in exchange” for the implementation of some of its initiatives is also possible. In particular,...
... the use of nuclear weapons in the Euro-Atlantic region becomes more probable than immediately after the end of the Cold War.
The authors cite several situations mentioned by the respondents in which nuclear weapons may be used. Under one such concept, Russia may use nuclear weapons “to quell a conflict on its borders”. This has to do with the concept of “
de-escalation
”, whose advocates claim that at the initial stage of conflict between Russia and, say, NATO, “the use of the nuclear factor should be demonstrative ...
... NTI’s mission, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to jointly host this meeting with the Luxembourg Forum.
There is plenty to discuss and many challenges to address:
There is a corrosive lack of trust undermining cooperation between our U.S. and Russia leaders and nations.
Harsh, irresponsible rhetoric regarding nuclear weapons is being used.
There is no agreed process or an agenda for next steps on nuclear arms control and risk reduction.
Arms control experts in both the U.S. and Russia are disappearing as they retire and leave the scene. And with them go ...
... Russia applies for its Arctic sector but is again rejected. What next? Russia is likely to establish its sovereignty unilaterally, and the response of others is far from clear. States are moving toward more intensive conflicts with the local use of nuclear weapons, but the victorious deal will remain the standard outcome.
To this end, what about Asia-Pacific?
Because of the unsettled territorial dispute, Japan is Russia’s biggest regional problem. With the Japanese economy waning, militarized forces are on the rise. Since the 1960s, the country had two camps, with one suggesting the revision of the country’s security treaty with the U.S. to restore ...
... scenario with the proclamation of sovereignty over the ‘Northern Territories’ (the scenario discussed by Russian experts during the crisis in bilateral relations in the winter of 2011). However, Japan’s lack of full-grade armed forces and nuclear weapons makes a Russian–Japanese territorial dispute unlikely. The risk of conflict subsided after Moscow and Tokyo initiated 2+2 consultations (involving the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs of both countries) on November 1–2, 2013.
Russian leadership ...
... news agency reported Sunday.
Iran is due to resume talks Tuesday in Vienna with the P5+1 - Britain, France, the United States, Russia and China plus Germany -- aimed at reaching a comprehensive accord on its controversial nuclear programme following November's ... ... negotiations, and we certainly want to keep this reactor."
Western powers and Israel have long suspected Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons capability alongside its civilian programme, charges denied by Tehran.
Under the interim deal, Iran agreed to ...
On January 9, 2014 a trilateral meeting of experts from Russia, USA and China devoted to the issues of nuclear non-proliferation and security in the Asia-Pacific region and North-East Asia took place in Washington, DC. The meeting was organized by the
Nuclear Threat Initiative
.
During the discussion, participants ...
Working Paper №VII, 2013
The research is conducted in the framework of joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Atlantic Council (AC) on perspective of “mutual assured stability” model in Russia-U.S. strategic relations. The research was presented on Russian-US seminar “
Russia-U.S. relations: new impetus to ...
... Beijing want.
Of course, none of the above, for now, can appreciably devalue Russia's nuclear deterrent, but, looking two decades ahead, each of these factors will become much more important. This means that the United States, if it wants further cuts in nuclear weapons, will need to credibly assure the Russians that U.S. missile defense deployments, while effective against third countries (i.e., Iran), will not diminish Moscow's deterrence power. Washington will also need, when discussing tactical nuclear weapons, to include non-nuclear systems with ...
