INF Treaty: More than Just an Agreement

... with regard to the use of strategic nuclear weapons. Should the U.S.–Russia consensus on nuclear weapons and associated delivery platforms deteriorate, the probability of regional nuclear conflicts will grow substantially. How the Termination of the INF Treaty Could Affect Relations within NATO Dmitry Stefanovich, Ivan Kalugin: On the Balance of Strategic Nuclear Forces Termination of the Treaty would almost inevitably present Europe with the same threats it faced in the 1980s, when the U.S. Pershing II Weapon System was deployed in Western Europe in the course of the confrontation with the USSR. Back then, the Pershing System was a powerful factor and indicated NATO’s unity: ...