... arms race will no doubt have a hand in nuclear cruise missiles returning to the arsenal of the U.S. fleet [
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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 [
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The possibility of countries like Russia and the United States negotiating a new arms control treaty will be nearly impossible considering the current geopolitical conditions, Russian International Affairs Council President and former Russian FM Igor Ivanov said during a panel discussion on US-Russia strategic relations.
The possibility ...
After Ditching the INF Treaty, the U.S. Risks Further Isolation
Seventeen years ago, in late 2001, the George W. Bush Administration announced the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) that Moscow and Washington, which was signed in 1972 and had served as a foundation of global strategic stability for 30 years. I remember well the tremendous efforts the Russian leadership poured into trying to keep the American side from taking such a step. President...
... administration officials have focused more on the fact that the treaty imposes no limitations on China’s nuclear forces.
Second, traditional, legally-binding agreements that are subject to ratification—which have long constituted the structure of arms control—are also on their way out. Not only is it difficult and perhaps even impossible to ratify any national agreement today, especially with regards to nuclear weapons, the ongoing U.S.-Russia confrontation further complicates this process. Under such strained conditions, whether either side is able to guarantee compliance remains an open question. But the fates of the INF and ABM treaties suggest that ...
... reduction standards. There is no doubt that non-nuclear weapons states fundamentally have no power over the nuclear-armed states. Henceforth, non-nuclear weapons states should exert pressure on nuclear-armed states to negotiate calculated disarmament and arms control agreements, at the multilateral level, with respect to nuclear weapons. Now the question is why non-nuclear weapons states should put a great amount of exertion, when they clearly realize that the settlement would not quickly make nuclear-armed states surrender their stockpiles? In reference to this regard,...
