Search: Arms Control,INF Treaty (9 materials)

Arms Control Is to Be Maintained and Invigorated at All Costs

... rest of Europe. For verification Putin suggested introducing on-site inspections. This, of course, is very different from the INF Treaty. Nonetheless, it is a basis for an agreement. As for the Asian dimension, the Americans are free to negotiate with ... ... will resume under Biden, but many other points we disagree on will also arise. It will be difficult to combine progress in the arms control negotiations with aggravation in other political and ideological domains. During the Soviet period, it was sometimes ...

29.12.2020

A Year Without the INF Treaty: You Need an Umbrella During Rainy Season

... Galbraith aptly noted, in politics the choice is usually not between good and bad, but between unpleasant and disastrous. It would, of course, be nice to scramble planes to disperse the thickening clouds and restore in full the past achievements of arms control, including the INF Treaty, ABM, TOS and CFE and also to reiterate the enduring value of the New START, NPT, MTCR, CTBT, etc. However, waiting for the rescue aircraft to appear in the sky might take a long time; today’s politicians are simply not motivated enough to ...

03.08.2020

A New Era of Arms Control: Myths, Realities and Options

... politically. So far, the multilateral nuclear arms control idea has generated nothing constructive. On the contrary, due to its deceptive simplicity, politicians and the public in general easily accept it and do not object to the termination of bilateral arms control processes or, worse still, to withdrawal from previously concluded agreements (like the INF Treaty) or to the non-extension of current treaties (like the New START). The False Conundrum of Military Innovations Another argument against continuing the gradual arms limitation and reduction process is that the newest weapons systems and military ...

28.10.2019

Is There Life After Arms Control Death?

... would most probably take several decades to form justified, stable, verifiable and legally binding mechanisms of multilateral nuclear deterrence. Can we afford to wait for decades? Andrey Kortunov: The Domino Effect: America’s Withdrawal from the INF Treaty and Its Ramifications Without claiming to have any mystical knowledge on life after the death of arms control, I would like to offer several rules that could make our life a bit less dangerous and more comfortable for everyone. First, peace is more important than disarmament. For all the importance of limiting and reducing nuclear arms, the priority ...

16.06.2019

The INF Treaty: Mirror or Abyss?

... enough. This will happen not because of some cunning “escalate-to-deescalate” strategies US partners believe in. The escalation itself will lead to catastrophic consequences. INF Treaty challenge Greg Thielmann: Are We Approaching the End of the Arms Control Era? The INF Treaty seems to be going full speed towards the burial grounds. Of course, the suspension is not total destruction of this regime, but the events before and after announcements made by the parties in the first days of February make it almost impossible ...

31.05.2019

INF, New START and the Crisis in U.S.-Russian Arms Control

... planning to discuss the INF and New START Treaties. And what should be done to limit painful consequences of efforts to destroy arms control regime. But these treaties are just a part of global problem. Fourth. The issue of including every nuclear state ... ... is becoming increasingly pressing. Fifth. Let’s take a look at what has been done by the Russian Federation to preserve the INF Treaty. Since 2007 we have been making suggestions to make the Treaty multilateral (that’s exactly what the U.S. Administration ...

16.04.2019

Are We Approaching the End of the Arms Control Era?

... nuclear-powered torpedo, the ground-launched cruise missiles both sides threaten to build, which can carry either conventional or nuclear warheads, and the hypersonic weapons of various types, which are being developed by Russia, the U.S., and China. End of the INF Treaty One of the most important arms control developments in recent decades has been the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (or INF) Treaty, signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. This treaty banned an entire category of nuclear-weapons ...

15.04.2019

UK–Russia Security Relations: Talking To, Not Past Each Other

RIAC and RUSI Report, #45 / 2019 A report based on findings from the third round of the UK–Russia Track 1.5 (non-governmental) bilateral security dialogue, which The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) held in collaboration with the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). The first year of the project identified several security and geopolitical topics to establish the most productive areas of cooperation between the UK and Russia. The second year built on three of the most fruitful areas...

05.04.2019

Open Letter from the YGLN to President Trump and President Putin

... next generation with another Cold War 37 diplomats, researchers, civil servants, academics, journalists, lawyers, and economists from the Younger Generation Leaders Network pen an open letter to President Trump and President Putin in support of the INF Treaty and arms control; noting their political legacies and our futures are at stake. The full letter is reproduced below. Open Letter from American, Russian, and European Young Leaders on the Critical Importance of Arms Control Dear President Trump and President ...

20.12.2018

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