... version of the treaty was adopted in Istanbul nine years later). Significant restrictions were placed on the deployment of tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large-calibre artillery, aeroplanes and attack helicopters in Europe. The adapted version of the CFE Treaty was never ratified by the Western nations, although they de facto comply with its provisions for the most part. Obviously, we cannot return to the CFE Treaty in the current climate: the geopolitical situation in Europe has changed too much,...
... imposing any restrictions on China. At the next stage, China must be involved in such a treaty.
Would it be correct 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?
That is absolutely correct. If the central link falls apart… there are already attempts to undermine ...
... look at the conflicts in Ukraine or Syria, you will find that the high-tech weapons we envisioned for the future are not being used. Rather, the weapons being used are conventional, have been around for the last 30–40 years and are limited by the CFE Treaty (Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe). Nonetheless, Russia has suspended all the CFE Treaties and NATO has failed to ratify the adaptation agreement necessary because of its enlargement to the East. The Baltic states never joined ...
... armed forces. Although we have not yet reached a full arms race, we are on the brink of one. In terms of military options, the issue at stake is no longer “large-scale offensive options” of a continental-size in the sense of the preamble of the CFE Treaty, but the perception of emerging options for a surprise attack in the contact regions between NATO and Russia, particularly in the Baltic and the Black Sea regions.
The Risks of Deterrence
Group Statement on Nuclear Arms Control
Any military ...
... The Treaty has effectively been dormant since 2007, the year Russia suspended its participation in the Treaty. The control of conventional armed forces in Europe was carried out through other cooperation formats, more convenient than the cumbersome CFE Treaty – primarily through the Treaty on Open Skies (TOS) and the Vienna Document 2011 on Confidence and Security Building Measures (VD 2011).
Unlike the CFE Treaty, neither of these documents set any “ceilings” for military equipment ...
