... But these treaties are just a part of global problem.
Fourth. The issue of including every nuclear state in the process of limiting and reducing nuclear weapons is becoming increasingly pressing.
Fifth. Let’s take a look at what has been done by the Russian Federation to preserve the INF Treaty. Since 2007 we have been making suggestions to make the Treaty multilateral (that’s exactly what the U.S. Administration is proposing now). We’ve been discussing our concerns over Washington’s compliance with the Treaty within the INF ...
... from war can be legitimate. “[If territory is] occupied in a defensive war,” he said, “then it’s ours.”
So What now?
RIAC and ELN Report “Towards a More Stable NATO — Russia Relationship”
Even more distressing than the demise of the INF Treaty is the US and Russian failure to immediately exercise their option to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty for five years beyond its 2021 expiration date.
Under the terms of the treaty, this extension can be accomplished by executive agreement between the ...
RIAC and RUSI Report, #45 / 2019
A report based on findings from the third round of the UK–Russia Track 1.5 (non-governmental) bilateral security dialogue, which
The Royal United Services Institute
(RUSI) held in collaboration with the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
The first year of the project identified several security and ...
... delegation of German security experts visiting Moscow at the invitation of Hanns Seidel Foundation (Hanns Seidel Stiftung).
The participants of the meeting discussed the issues of security and cooperation in Europe in the light of possible termination of the INF Treaty. The meeting was moderated byJan Dresel, Director of Seidel Foundation Moscow Office.
On March 27, 2019, Ian Hill, Ambassador of New Zealand to Russia, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On March 27, 2019, Ian Hill, Ambassador of New Zealand to Russia, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The discussion focused on the evolving military-political situation in the Asia-Pacific ...
... States and Russia, and moreover, Washington may also find it difficult to negotiating an arms control treaty with other countries like China after deciding unilaterally to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, Ivanov said.
The INF Treaty could have been saved because it had mechanisms to address issues disputed among the involved parties of the accord, Ivanov added.
Source:
Sputnik International
Session "U.S.-Russian Strategic Relations: The Big Picture", Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference
... the Russian Federation, Belarus, and Moldova, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On March 6, 2019, Magne Bart, Head of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation in the Russian Federation, Belarus, and Moldova, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: the current situation and risks of escalation in Syria, European security issues in the context of the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty, the future of European security and the prospects for cooperation between RIAC and ICRC in 2019.
... after the INF Treaty”.
The lecture participants included experts from Berlin think tanks, government officials, diplomats, civil society representatives, and journalists.
Andrey Kortunov dwelled on the likely consequences of the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty on Russia-the US relations, European and global security, as well as on possible new bilateral and multilateral nuclear arms control models.
Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrey Kortunov on the Future of Nuclear Arms Control
Andrey Kortunov:
The Domino Effect: America’s Withdrawal from the INF Treaty and Its Ramifications
Few of us remember how negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme began. In October 2003, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Dominique de Villepin and Federal Minister ...
... bilateral system of strategic weapons control, but also to the erosion of the entire international regime
The United States has launched the procedure of withdrawal from the Treaty on the Elimination of the Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty). Russia, in turn, also suspended its participation in the INF. According to Andrei Kortunov, Director General of the Russian Council on International Affairs, the United States’ decision can create a “domino effect” in the nuclear arms control: by ...
