... thinking, and to a legitimate realist reticence about big ideas: they could be dangerous delusions and diversions. Piecemeal detente thinking became once again the status quo.
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Dmitry Stefanovich:
Global Development and Nuclear Weapons
Now we have Trump. Which means the danger now is not from large ideas, but that we will remain stuck again in piecemeal detente thinking.
In the course of rightly cautioning against expectations of an easy Russia-America reconciliation ...
The U.S.-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Moscow-based Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) launched a new joint report on the future of U.S.-Russian nuclear cooperation
The U.S.-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (
NTI
) and the Moscow-based Center for Energy and Security Studies (
CENESS
) launched a new joint report on the future of U.S.-Russian nuclear cooperation.
The report includes 51 recommendations for mutually beneficial cooperation across five thematic areas: nuclear...
... likely to withdraw from it than Russia. The INF Treaty is beneficial for the Kremlin, since without it, the United States could deploy major medium-range missile forces in Western Europe, creating a high level of danger for Russia’s strategic nuclear weapons deployed in the European part of Russia and for the command centres, particularly for Moscow. The threat stems from short flight time, which leaves little room for decision-making. Withdrawing from the INT Treaty is disadvantageous for ...
NTI Report
Russia and the West are at a dangerous crossroads. During the past several years, we have been in a state of escalating tension, trapped in a downward spiral of antagonism and distrust. With our militaries moving closer—in the skies over the Baltic Sea, in the depths of the North Atlantic, and across the Middle East—the risks of miscalculation or accident and escalation are unacceptably high. Unless Western and Russian leaders take immediate steps to improve transparency and enhance...
A study conducted by the Chatham House on the relationship between problems concerning nuclear weapons (NW) and other issues of multilateral international cooperation published in October 2016 finds there is common ground between the traditional approaches to nuclear disarmament and the “humanitarian” views calling for the complete ...
A revision of U.S. nuclear weapons modernization programs is quite possible
Tensions in bilateral relations between Russia and the United States mean that Russia
needs
to adopt a position,
and rather quickly
,
should
official U.S. initiatives
in
nuclear weapons materialize ...
... forces is North Korea building?
Background
The history of the Korean nuclear crisis is filled with all kinds of claims made by both sides. This article will mention only some of the most important events
[1]
. Kim Il-Sung was probably interested in nuclear weapons ever since they first appeared, and the 1950–1953 war during which the United States unambiguously threatened to use them against North Korea only emboldened his interest further. In 1965, the Soviet Union gave the North Koreans ...
... decision to use the atomic bomb.” White House Press Secretary Josh Ernest also
said
: “The President will pay a historic visit to Hiroshima, together with Prime Minister Abe to underline his commitment to a peaceful and safe world, free of nuclear weapons.”
The US administration wanted this visit to demonstrate Barack Obama’s commitment to a nuclear-free world for which he won the Nobel Prize in 2009.
Above all, the US administration wanted this visit to demonstrate Barack ...
... great powers. The end of World War II ushered in the nuclear era. Ever since that time scholars have been ceaselessly debating two problems
[1]
. First: Is a direct military showdown between the nuclear powers possible? And if so, will they dare use nuclear weapons? Second: Can nuclear war be interpreted according to the Clausewitz formula whereby “war is the continuation of politics by other means”?
There is also a third view point that I find appealing: the emergence of nuclear weapons ...
Although the East-West confrontation in Europe appears to have subsided 25 years ago, nuclear weapons would not leave the region’s agenda for long. Special attention has traditionally been given to U.S. missiles, while the British and French arsenals do match the Chinese potential but are undeservedly neglected. Remember that European ...
