... granted either as President Trump demonstrated little appreciation of arguably one of the most significant accomplishments of the Obama Administration. Besides, should INF fall, New Start would be much more difficult to extend.
Alexander Yermakov:
The INF Treaty Is Under Attack. Down a Road Paved with Good Intentions
Within these overall ceilings, both Washington and Moscow would be in a position to blend individual cocktails of strategic, intermediate range and tactical systems to their liking. There ...
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
The U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) convened the latest in a series of expert meetings on U.S.-Russia relations in
October 2017 in Moscow
. The mood was grim: participants were unanimous that the current state of bilateral relations is dire and in danger of spiraling down further. In Russia, that country’s representatives reported, the conventional wisdom...
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report
The U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) convened the latest in a series of expert meetings on U.S.-Russia relations in
October 2017 in Moscow
. The mood was grim: participants were unanimous that the current state of bilateral relations is dire and in danger of spiraling down further. In Russia, that country’s representatives reported, the conventional wisdom...
... number of delivery vehicles to overcome all thinkable defenses, it does not matter if the other side has one thousand or five thousand warheads. If they want to buy and spend more, let them do it.
Instead, all nuclear powers (possibly even Israel and North ... ... concerned acting within the framework of existing treaties or agreeing to amend them (which may happen to the obviously outdated INF Treaty) should have a right to modernize their nuclear arsenals or even change their configuration. But in doing so they should ...
... notwithstanding. In terms of substance, I would single out three urgent tasks that we have to address together. First, to preserve the strategic arms control regime, namely – to extend the New START Agreement and to secure the continuous implementation INF Treaty. Second, to work together on dangerous regional problems – such as Afghanistan, North Korea or Libya and, hopefully, Syria as well. Third, to explore ways for collaborating on fighting against international terrorism on the global scale. ...
... development and tests of three types of ground-based missiles: SSC-X-8 (9M729), R-500 (9M728) and SS-X-31 (RS-26 “Rubezh”). Nevertheless, it was the deployment of 9M729 that turned out to be the turning point that has led to the first official accusation of Russia breaking the INF Treaty ever.
Prove it!
Russia’s official stance regarding the accusations is that the provisions of the INF Treaty are being observed and that the U.S.A. should provide evidence to prove their allegations.
Meanwhile, Russia has its own grounds ...
... first time during the Cold War, the parties agreed to eliminate entire classes of nuclear weapons that had been deployed in great numbers and had had a major significance for military planning.
U.S. Army Pershing II in Germany
In its current form the INF Treaty has long been an unfair arrangement since only the U.S. and Russia imposed self-restrictions.
The exacerbation of tensions, mutual pressure and accusations have put a cornerstone Russia-U.S. agreement – the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty – on the brink of termination. The U.S. has accused Russia of deploying missile systems in grave violation of the Treaty, and a bill has been submitted ...
... horrific. Our positions differ in principle, and the subject is one for a separate discussion. But in the context of our relationship, the topic of nuclear missiles lies in a quite different plane
. By linking the two issues we will only undermine the INF Treaty, capsizing strategic stability in the process. It is already dead on its feet. Will the security of the United States, Russia and Europe improve as a result? Does Ukraine stand to benefit? No. Neither can we hope to conclude a new INF Treaty ...
