Search: International security,New START (21 material)

 

Russia and U.S. Must Not Squander Chances For Cooperation

... come to some kind of agreement. This does not mean one side making concessions. There are many areas where negotiations and agreements no doubt meet the long-term interests of both countries. Arms control First, there is arms control. Extending the New START Treaty without any additional conditions meets the security interests of both sides. All that is needed for this is the political will of Moscow and Washington. Extending the Treaty would not mean that much for international security in and of itself, but it could signal both parties’ readiness to engage in a broad dialogue on key issues of strategic stability. We have no reason to expect any other agreements on arms control in the foreseeable future—only ...

21.01.2021

Russia and the U.S.: Time to Look for Compromises

... like the rest of the world, Moscow has been following the policy statements presented by the candidates on foreign policy and international security particularly closely. No revelations were forthcoming there either. The two candidates, each in his own ... ... and dangerous international situation would certainly have a positive significance. Another proposal involves prolonging the New START immediately and without any pre-conditions, while simultaneously launching intensive consultations on a broad range ...

01.09.2020

Keeping Peace in the Nuclear Age

... United States and Russia can help lead the way. There would be no better way of conveying this message than the extension of New START. First published in the Foreign Affairs . Authors ANATOLY ANTONOV is Russian Ambassador to the United States. He was ... ... as NATO’s Deputy Secretary-General from 2016 to 2019 and before that as U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.

29.04.2020

Marc Finaud: The Prohibition of Intermediate-Range Missiles Is Still Needed in Europe

... failed. On the contrary, there were dozens of cases of use of chemical weapons by ISIS in Syria and Iraq since 2014, whether that group used stolen state-manufactured mustard gas or commercially available chlorine. Alexander Yermakov: The Countdown for New START In conflicts such as Syria or Iraq, this risk remains high. In most countries, this risk has been reduced by the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1540 from 2004 that legally binds all governments to criminalize access of non-state ...

26.02.2020

The Post-INF Treaty world: Cutting Сosts and Reducing Risks

... Action (JCPOA) in July 2015. The agreement is quite rightly considered one of the most significant achievements in the field of international security this century; the JCPOA held its ground even when Donald Trump refused to comply with its provisions. Fifteen ... ... possible for Moscow and Washington to return to the 1970s or even to 2010, when Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama signed the New START Treaty. Clearly, it is unlikely that any new strategic arms control agreements will be signed in the next few years....

22.10.2019

End of Nuclear Arms Control: Do Not Beware the Ides of March

Russia Should Prepare for the Very Realistic Scenario in which the New START will not be Renewed by 2021 and will thus Cease to Exist The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), one of the pillars of strategic stability in the world, fell apart before our very eyes. And now the foundations of the core ...

04.07.2019

Are We Approaching the End of the Arms Control Era?

... consider the issue. (Bolton, of course, is known to be extremely hostile to treaties in general and arms control in particular.) Few expect that he will allow a fair hearing from defense and intelligence officials, who are known to be strong advocates of New START extension. Light in the Darkness I cannot deny that prospects for a rejuvenation of arms control any time soon appear bleak. But I have lived through serious arms control challenges in the past. In this regards, 1983 often invades my mind. What ...

15.04.2019

Intermediate-Range Challenges

... rescued, but only if Russia and the United States demonstrate political goodwill. The two countries need to be able to both demonstrate and explain the specifics of their own weapons systems and accept the opponent’s explanations. The prospects of the New START being prolonged are moot, and the balance may shift either way. In fact, if the INF Treaty is cancelled altogether, there may be fewer obstacles than if both Russia and the United States allegedly violate it. On the other hand, yet another destroyed ...

13.11.2018
 

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