... and China.
[32]
The Democratic administration has not yet accepted these proposals but has set the goal of engaging China in arms control negotiations and agreements.
[33]
The common position of the UK, France and China is that the U.S. and Russia should ... ... Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security
Innovative systems and disruptive technologies
At the short-lived consultations in Geneva that took place ...
... Bolton said, “Why extend the flawed system [New START] just to say you have a treaty?”
Whether intentionally or not, the former US National Security Advisor might have
asked
one of the most pertinent questions amidst the current precariousness of arms control at a modest rally for Young Conservatives in July 2019. His rhetorical question illustrates a frame of mind that potentially exposes US reasons for withdrawing from a
string
of international treaties and agreements in recent years. The answers ...
Europe is one of the safest and the most prosperous parts of the world. Will it change to worse because of nuclear arms control degradation?
Europe as a nuclear battlefield
The number of nuclear weapon states, their respective arsenals, and transatlantic nuclear arrangements make Europe one of the most “nuclearized” continents. Luckily, even when the total warhead ...
... on their insight by adding the changes in strategic thinking forced by the introduction of nuclear weapons, one can better understand where we find ourselves today.
One of the policy tools greatly strengthened in the current internationalist era is arms control — international agreements in which the parties agree to mutual limitations on their freedom of action — curbing arms races and enhancing crisis stability.
In the last chapter of their book, the authors issue an ominous warning: “…the ...
...
,
Alexey Gromyko
,
Alexander Grushko
,
Sergey Karaganov
,
Sergey Kislyak
,
Andrey Kortunov
, and
Sergey Utkin
, RIAC Expert. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, made a report at the plenary session of the meeting focusing on the issues of arms control and improving measures of trust.
... discussion aimed at developing concrete recommendations on some of the most pressing security challenges, from nuclear de-escalation and combating terrorism to cybersecurity and managing global migration patterns. This year, RIAC moderated the session on arms control. Speakers of the session included:
— Professor Ramesh Thakur, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (CNND) in the Australian National University, Professor of International Relations at ANU College of Asia ...
RIAC and RUSI Report No. 38/2018
This report represents findings from the second round of the UK–Russia Track II bilateral security dialogue, held by Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (
RUSI
) in collaboration with the Moscow-based Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
The dialogue, held between April and December 2017, brought together experts and former government officials from the two countries to discuss and debate ways in which the UK and Russia’s bilateral...