Search: NATO,Nuclear weapons (26 materials)

 

Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security

... will enter a new cold war, but it is more appropriate to ask whether the world will enter a new hot war, because in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine armed conflict millions of soldiers have been fighting for two years, using almost all heavy weapons except nuclear weapons such as airplanes, tanks, artillery, warships, missiles, etc., and the U.S. and the NATO countries are already nearly directly involved. Under such circumstances, the talk about whether there will be a new cold war seems too pale. Some people regard the absence of two major military blocs, two major ideological systems and two major ...

12.03.2024

A Dangerous Gamble: The Russia-American Nuclear Game in the Ukraine Crisis

... is the right direction to follow, it is very difficult to quickly find mutually acceptable conditions for a ceasefire in the current situation. Could Russia and NATO then engage in some kind of interest exchange, with mutual commitments, such as that NATO would not deploy nuclear weapons close to Russia, or that NATO would not admit Ukraine to the organization, in exchange for assurances from Russia that it would not use nuclear weapons? Neither Russia nor NATO would accept this. NATO has always insisted on the autonomy ...

21.11.2023

Why Russia cannot ‘sober up the West’ by using a nuclear bomb

... but just a local one. It is reasonable to ask here why an atomic attack on another nuclear-armed state or bloc [in this case NATO] would not quickly escalate into the same thermonuclear all-out war, i.e. an exchange of fire between Russia and the US? ... ... technology. And this game is designed to discourage the enemy from even thinking about a possible nuclear attack. The use of nuclear weapons means the end game and essentially nullifies their special role, turning them simply into a very powerful means ...

29.06.2023

Russia-NATO International Expert Dialog Meeting on the U.S. and Russia Nuclear Weapons Modernization Issues

... the USA, and European NATO member-states On March 16, 2023, a regular online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations was held, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states. The organizers of the dialog on the Russian side included RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies and RAS Institute of Europe. The meeting focused on the U.S. and Russia nuclear weapons modernization issues, new technologies and implications for the nuclear balance, strategic and pre-strategic: what agreement (if any) will replace START III, provided that the topic of nuclear arms control can be separated from the confrontation ...

18.03.2023

Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0 Over Ukraine?

... with intelligence. They jointly plan military operations against the Russian Armed Forces. Ukrainians are being trained to use NATO military hardware in a fight. It feels like Russia is being tested to see how long it will remain patient and refrain from ... ... of the Russian leadership. I would like to stress that there has been no change in the conditions when our country would use nuclear weapons. In this regard, we continue to strictly adhere to the 2014 Military Doctrine and 2020 Basic Principles of State ...

30.09.2022

Lightning-Speed Deal. Germany to Purchase F-35 for Nuclear Sharing

... envisaged their country to become a nuclear power in a medium-term outlook [3] —as did, for instance, the leaders of Sweden or Italy. For the time being, allied weapons were enough, especially since the U.S. began steering a course for arming its NATO allies with nuclear weapons in the late 1950s, at least by training them and by providing carriers. In the future, the U.S. seemed intent on establishing “NATO’s united nuclear forces” that were sometimes visualized in rather exotic forms , whether a joint ...

15.08.2022

The Ukrainian Crisis and Strategic Stability

... Ukraine and the entire Western world is somewhat open-ended, namely, concerning the other party’s possible response. A strike against NATO territory will immediately “activate” Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty and start a direct Russia–NATO conflict up to massive mutual use of nuclear weapons. Russia’s President indirectly confirmed it when he said in his Address to the Federal Assembly on March 1, 2018, “Any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies, weapons of short, medium or any yield will be considered as ...

18.07.2022

NATO Not Taking Nuclear War Threat Seriously

... said it was about responding to NATO's own nuclear moves on the continent. "This means that Russia has increased its vigilance against the backdrop of extremely confrontational statements by Western countries," Antonov said, "including NATO member states that possess nuclear weapons." Among the 30-state NATO alliance, three nations — France, the United Kingdom and the U.S. — possess nuclear weapons. The U.S. has also, however, deployed nuclear weapons to a number of other allied states including Belgium, ...

06.05.2022

Advancing Strategic Stability in the Euro-Atlantic Region, 2021 and Beyond

..., with participants who reflect the diversity of the Euro-Atlantic region from the United States, Canada, Russia, and 15 European countries. Six Principles for Advancing Strategic Stability For decades, strategic stability between the United States, NATO, and the Soviet Union/Russia included a mutual recognition of vital interests, redlines, and the means to reduce the risks of accident or miscalculation leading to conflict, especially conflict escalating to the use of nuclear weapons. Today, however, clashing national interests, insufficient dialogue, eroding arms control agreements, advanced missile systems, and new cyber and hypersonic weapons have destabilized the old equilibrium and are increasing the risk of nuclear ...

07.06.2021
 

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