... to say that, as a matter of principle, we are on the threshold of destroying the treaty system? Can the expired agreements (ABM Treaty, the CFE Treaty, the INF Treaty) be followed by the endangered START and TOS and then by the CTBT, Non-Proliferation Treaty and other fundamental agreements?... ... provisions that underlie the Non-Proliferation Treaty as such. The first is the provision for non-nuclear states: you do not develop nuclear weapons, and we help you with peaceful nuclear development; the second provision ensures that we do not enshrine the five ...
... bilateral relationship.
The INF Treaty carries similar political significance to the ABM Treaty. Moscow is likely to use the Trump administration’s withdrawal for both... ... this is important.
2.4. European security in the short term
Dmitry Stefanovich:
The INF Treaty: Mirror or Abyss?
However, and this might be a glimpse of optimism, if you... ... allies, because there aren’t too many countries in Europe that are willing to host new nuclear weapons from the other side of the Atlantic.
The strategic balance in Europe...
... serious blow was dealt to this system when the United States withdrew from the Soviet-US ABM Treaty in 2002. However, the system withstood the first blow largely owing to the... ... Russia-US political cooperation. Meanwhile, judging by everything, the collapse of the INF Treaty 17 years later may prove fatal to the system because it coincided with a... ... before our eyes. Washington has launched a campaign accusing Moscow of conducting secret nuclear weapons tests. Thus, the future of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty...
After Ditching the INF Treaty, the U.S. Risks Further Isolation
Seventeen years ago, in late 2001, the George W. Bush Administration announced ... ... vain: Washington ignored the opinion of Russia, the global community and the domestic opposition and resolutely demolished the ABM Treaty.
Andrey Kortunov:
U.S. Withdrawal From the INF Treaty and the End of the Bilateral Era
Today, many years later, we ...
... hysterical talk concerning the development of the U.S. ABM system.
Igor Ivanov:
Russia Is Offering an Olive Branch, Not Flaunting Nuclear Weapons
The most recent evidence of the possibility of a new agreement came in the form of a
telephone conversation
between ... ... Russian-U.S. relations, the need to discuss the parameters of the future nuclear deal has once again become a hot topic.
The
INF Treaty
is a burning topic: the two sides have officially accused each other of breaching the document, while denying the accusations ...
