... competition, must be updated to address the rise of China and the emergence of new technologies. Still, many in the United States believe that although arms control regimes should evolve to remain relevant and contain enhanced verification mechanisms, international security today is better served by imperfect arms control treaties than by no arms control architecture at all.
In contrast to previous cycles in U.S.-Russia relations, arms control is no longer insulated from the broader disfunction in the bilateral relationship. The U.S. pursuit of strategic stability ...
... Bolton said, “Why extend the flawed system [New START] just to say you have a treaty?”
Whether intentionally or not, the former US National Security Advisor might have
asked
one of the most pertinent questions amidst the current precariousness of arms control at a modest rally for Young Conservatives in July 2019. His rhetorical question illustrates a frame of mind that potentially exposes US reasons for withdrawing from a
string
of international treaties and agreements in recent years. The answers ...
Europe is one of the safest and the most prosperous parts of the world. Will it change to worse because of nuclear arms control degradation?
Europe as a nuclear battlefield
The number of nuclear weapon states, their respective arsenals, and transatlantic nuclear arrangements make Europe one of the most “nuclearized” continents. Luckily, even when the total warhead ...
... on their insight by adding the changes in strategic thinking forced by the introduction of nuclear weapons, one can better understand where we find ourselves today.
One of the policy tools greatly strengthened in the current internationalist era is arms control — international agreements in which the parties agree to mutual limitations on their freedom of action — curbing arms races and enhancing crisis stability.
In the last chapter of their book, the authors issue an ominous warning: “…the ...
... keynote speakers at the conference were Stephen Biegun, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea; Adam Smith, US Congressman, Chairman, U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee; and Andrea Thompson, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
The conference included several discussions on current issues of nuclear security, arms control, and Russia-the U.S. relations. The discussions were held with the participation of diplomats, defense officials, and leading experts....
...
,
Alexey Gromyko
,
Alexander Grushko
,
Sergey Karaganov
,
Sergey Kislyak
,
Andrey Kortunov
, and
Sergey Utkin
, RIAC Expert. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, made a report at the plenary session of the meeting focusing on the issues of arms control and improving measures of trust.
... discussion aimed at developing concrete recommendations on some of the most pressing security challenges, from nuclear de-escalation and combating terrorism to cybersecurity and managing global migration patterns. This year, RIAC moderated the session on arms control. Speakers of the session included:
— Professor Ramesh Thakur, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (CNND) in the Australian National University, Professor of International Relations at ANU College of Asia ...
RIAC and RUSI Report No. 38/2018
This report represents findings from the second round of the UK–Russia Track II bilateral security dialogue, held by Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (
RUSI
) in collaboration with the Moscow-based Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
The dialogue, held between April and December 2017, brought together experts and former government officials from the two countries to discuss and debate ways in which the UK and Russia’s bilateral...
