... of a nuclear missile and it would be naive to blissfully rely on Pyongyang’s reluctance to use it. Moreover, North Korea has repeatedly stressed that if the United States “does not abandon its hostile policy,” it will not eliminate nuclear weapons “even if the sky falls to the ground.”
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It’s difficult to understand why the regime intensified diplomatic efforts to restore its relations with China, South Korea and countries in Southeast Asia in late 2015.
These ...
... influence of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) fund make the report interesting not only for nuclear arms control experts, but also for a wider circle of readers who care about the issues of security in the Euro-Atlantic region and the world.
The Use of Nuclear Weapons is Real, but How Real?
The report is based on a survey of leading researchers at U.S., British, German and Russian think tanks. The authors cite differing and sometimes opposite assessments made by the Russian and Western sides. But, as ...
... host this meeting with the Luxembourg Forum.
There is plenty to discuss and many challenges to address:
There is a corrosive lack of trust undermining cooperation between our U.S. and Russia leaders and nations.
Harsh, irresponsible rhetoric regarding nuclear weapons is being used.
There is no agreed process or an agenda for next steps on nuclear arms control and risk reduction.
Arms control experts in both the U.S. and Russia are disappearing as they retire and leave the scene. And with them go ...
M. Troitsky’s
article
, published, symbolically, on the tragic anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, touches upon an intriguing and highly relevant issue, namely, the possibility of nuclear disarmament. The author argues that fewer nuclear weapons would make the world safer. He makes some interesting remarks to bolster his argument, but I find it hard to agree with some of them.
Why Do We Need Nuclear Weapons?
Troitsky asks an interesting question: “Is there a cause-and-effect ...
