... military and security headquarters of the major powers and hotlines between their leaders would help deal with incidents: U.S.-Russian deconfliction in Syria has demonstrated the effectiveness of maintaining contacts. Yet deconfliction has to be balanced against the profound lack ... ... leaderships of the great powers. Having fewer windows on the opponent—and this is where ending Open Skies comes in, along with New START’s soon-to-expire inspection regime—increases the risk of worst-case scenarios becoming basic ones. Keeping calm ...
... Nuclear Forces practically defunct thanks to reciprocal alleged violations, and the New START treaty limiting overall strategic nuclear arsenals under stress, an optimistic... ... Washington. Instead, both must now confront the urgent negative consequences of stalled U.S.-Russian bilateral arms control for global nuclear nonproliferation.
This is especially... ... their own responsibilities to reduce and disarm under the treaty seriously.
The wars in Syria and Ukraine have cost hundreds of thousands of lives, and displaced millions of...
... profoundly damaging in its own right. It would also make it more difficult to renew the New START treaty on long-range arms, now the main cornerstone of bilateral nuclear arms... ... ‘reset’ appeared, for a time, to be working.
Recent events — both in Salisbury and in Syria — also show the vital importance that now needs to be given to restoring the... ... in countering these problems and provide security for our peoples.
Relations between Russia and the UK have taken a hard knock from recent events. It is not going to be...
... together. First, to preserve the strategic arms control regime, namely – to extend the New START Agreement and to secure the continuous implementation INF Treaty. Second,... ... dangerous regional problems – such as Afghanistan, North Korea or Libya and, hopefully, Syria as well. Third, to explore ways for collaborating on fighting against international... ... political investments from both sides, neither of them we can take for granted.
2) Russian upcoming military exercise Zapad-2017 is causing concern in the Baltic States...
