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The World After the INF Treaty: Time to Let European Leaders in on the Game?

... States and Russia is extremely difficult at best, and, at worst, in a state of limbo for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, France and the United Kingdom are still nuclear powers and permanent members of the UN Security Council. And Germany has been a non-permanent ... ... of political will and imagination in the nuclear sphere that they demonstrated in 2003. Andrey Kortunov: The World After the INF Treaty: How to Get Out of the Dead Zone The future of nuclear arms control (if it has one) will in any case be multilateral ...

05.02.2019

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Intermediate-Range Challenges

... cooperation on the SCALP/Storm Shadow cruise missile could result in the development of new long-range land-based cruise missiles in response to Russia’s efforts, but this is an undesirable scenario. At this point in time, it would be useful for the United Kingdom ( highly unlikely ) or France ( more likely ) to initiate a revision of the INF Treaty, or create an environment for the preservation of its most important achievements. For example, the interested parties could work together on the definitions for new weapon systems, or on the geographical self-limitations for the deployment ...

13.11.2018

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)