..., at this stage, the Pacific countries are certainly not ready to host or deal with nuclear weapons in any other way.
Nuclearizing the Periphery: Great Power Impacts
Andrey... ... small states
. At least three out of the five NWSs (nuclear weapon states)—China, Russia and the US—have direct stakes in the region. However, the crippled arms control system has not been trilateralized as China has refused to be included... ... those of Beijing roughly tenfold, even though China is
predicted
to have about a thousand nuclear warheads by 2030. Moreover, preventing bilateral arms control arrangements...
... credible military threats. It is no coincidence that those now calling for the use of nuclear weapons [
60
] have been fighting for many years to dismantle the arms control edifice built over decades [Karaganov 2017].
Such reasoning may seem like... ... few hours of nuclear exchange and destroying everything built by man over the last thousand years in the Northern Hemisphere, turning the rest of humanity into a Neanderthal... ... Ukrainian conflict, as well as a shift away from a comprehensive confrontation between Russia and NATO in Europe, in parallel to the easing of tensions between China and the...
... of the Nuclear Five?
The steps taken by the parties following Russia’s suspension of the New START, signed in Prague in 2010,... ... possible to offer a cautious forecast of the medium-term future of arms control between the two leading nuclear superpowers.
February ... ... increasingly concerned about further limitations on strategic nuclear weapons, pointing to
the nuclear missile capabilities ... ... the treaty and calling for a return to compliance. Yet, those accusations would have been released anyway. That said, administration ...
... Oliker, Alexander Saveliev and Dmitry Stefanovich
To mark the anniversary of START I signed in Moscow on July 31, 1991, the Russian International Affairs Council asked strategic arms control experts several questions about the importance of START I and the prospects for new treaties to be signed.
Why was ... ... outer space, strategic arms, intermediate- and shorter-range missiles having been on the agenda since the 1980s and tactical nuclear weapons and new “exotic” delivery vehicles being added now. This makes seeking a comprehensive solution very difficult ...
... missile strike will punish the aggressor, but it will not save Russia from the catastrophic consequences of a nuclear war?” ... ...
At the Valdai Forum in October 2016, President Putin
said
, “Nuclear weapons are a deterrent and a factor of ensuring peace ... ... mutual security is by going beyond this framework into the logic of arms control.
The Genesis of Nuclear Deterrence
Igor Ivanov:
The ... ... weapon of boundless destructive power. The first element is thousands of years old; the second did not generate the nuclear deterrence ...
We are witnessing the dawn of a new era in our nuclear world
The resumption of U.S.–Russia consultations on arms control and strategic stability in Vienna in late June is certainly good news. If the discussions go well, then there may ... ..., the international community was extremely critical of India and Pakistan when it emerged that they had developed their own nuclear weapons. Still, no one thought to take any steps to prevent them from doing so. The only way to explain this is that the ...
... United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research: a study “Hypersonic Weapons: A Challenge and Opportunity for Strategic Arms Control” [
1
] and a report on a UNIDIR-UNODA Turn-based Exercise “The Implications of Hypersonic Weapons for International ... ... hypersonic speeds.
Who are the players?
Currently the most active and diverse hypersonic weapons related programs are ongoing in Russia, China and the United States. These three countries are pursuing the whole range of technologies and capabilities with ...
... the New START Treaty, China’s stance towards international agreements regulating arms control and the extent of Russia-China military cooperation.
What measures do you think Russia and the U.S. should... ... expiration of the New START Treaty?
Lecture by Richard Weitz “No Love Triangle Russia-USA-China: What Can We Expect from Our Partners?”
One of the crucial treaties between... ... inherited some of the Soviet arsenals. In the past, the Russian government said that other (nuclear weapons states) should participate in these treaties.
The New START Treaty,...
... will continue to manifest themselves. In the field of nuclear arms control, the US decision could create a ‘domino effect’: ... ... puts the New START treaty’s extension into question. Mutual accusations about the failure to abide by this treaty — at least ... ..., if not the letter — are becoming increasingly loud both in Russia and the US, as are statements that the national security ... ... the New START, there will be a broader issue of maintaining the nuclear weapons non-proliferation regime. We should not forget ...
... arms race will no doubt have a hand in nuclear cruise missiles returning to the arsenal of the U.S. fleet [
11
], which will increase its striking power significantly, as any submarine or destroyer/cruiser could potentially become a delivery system for nuclear weapons with a range of several thousand kilometers.
Greg Thielmann:
Are We Approaching the End of the Arms Control Era?
What is the situation with Russia? We should immediately note here that the data used is unofficial and taken from open (primarily non-Russian) sources [
12
]. It may sound ridiculous, but the only party that the Russian military shares exact figures with a breakdown by system ...
