... Russia may be the first party to deploy intermediate-range missiles there. Yet a few points should be made in this regard.
A European Response to US Withdrawal from the INF Treaty. ELN statement
Russian land-based missiles are one of the country’s major areas of military-scientific and industrial ... ... and multilateral arrangements to minimise the mutual threat of inadvertent escalation.
The prospects for the extension of the New START agreement in the absence of the INF Treaty may lead to several outcomes that appear rather similar from the Russian ...
In Paris, 100 years after the guns across Europe fell silent, leaders can begin taking important steps to ensure a new and devastating war will not happen today
This ... ... other practical steps to reduce the risk of nuclear use—including resolving the current problems with INF and extending the New START Treaty through 2026.
There remains the challenge of rebuilding trust between the United States, NATO and Russia so that ...
... the meeting of President Putin and President Trump in Paris on November 11th 2018, 79 European political, diplomatic and military leadership figures are appealing to both... ...
The full statement is reproduced below.
A European response to US withdrawal from the INF Treaty
ELN
statement November 2018
President Trump’s declared intention to withdraw... ...
Even more troubling would be the likely consequences of the Treaty’s demise.
The New START Agreement, which limits US and Russian strategic nuclear warheads and delivery...
... the consequences this would entail for the international security system.
The INF and New START treaties exert a deterrent effect on the other nuclear powers, even though... ... represent a distant legacy of the Cold War and would not survive the termination of the INF Treaty. At the same time, the United States will not be able to find an adequate... ... not issues of bilateral relations – that can be used as a platform for cooperation.
European elites, which are eager to restore their global role, are generally prepared...
