... Russia would also refrain from such action. I should remind you, since I mentioned the ABM Treaty earlier, that although the US left ABM, its actions actually stayed within... ... responsibility. Some claim that a nuclear war is not so horrible after all and that nuclear weapons do not differ in principle from conventional arms. Others say that to... ... means that even given the absence of an adequate international legal foundation for strategic stability, this stability can and should be improved with the help of the...
... a priori to any existing or future anti-missile systems had a therapeutic effect and significantly lowered the tone of 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 Putin and Trump on March 20, after which the two presidents declared their interest in a meaningful discussion on strategic stability aimed at preventing a new arms race [
1
]. The first step towards a positive agenda should be a joint statement on strategic stability by the two countries’ presidents. Apart from the traditional talking point about the impossibility ...
