Search: International security,Nuclear weapons,Strategic stability (6 materials)

Escalation Signaling in Ukraine and Its Implications for the Strategic Russia-US Relationship

... such as UAVs, through ‘tailored combinations of conventional … capabilities, together with the unique deterrent effect of nuclear weapons.’ Further, as noted by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, the dual capability of hypersonic missiles may ... ... of recurrent bilateral interactions. Although Russia has rejected the recent U.S. proposal to resum e systematic dialogue on strategic stability and arms control, both states should continue to seek other opportunities—whether as a track-1.5 format ...

05.02.2024

A Preemptive Nuclear Strike? No!

... solutions proposed in the article. Last November, the Russian Foreign Ministry explicitly stressed the inadmissibility of the use of nuclear weapons, limiting this possibility to the conditions specified in Russia’s nuclear doctrine. Besides, speculations in ... ... yet, it materialized. Maybe it is time to break down the habitual scheme of things? Aleksey Arbatov: The Ukrainian Crisis and Strategic Stability Regardless of the motives behind this proposal, it requires rational reflection, considering the fundamental ...

20.06.2023

The Post-INF Treaty world: Cutting Сosts and Reducing Risks

... means that even given the absence of an adequate international legal foundation for strategic stability, this stability can and should be improved with the help of the... ... is quite rightly considered one of the most significant achievements in the field of international security this century; the JCPOA held its ground even when Donald Trump... ... and the United States have 7,200 and 7,000 units of nuclear arms, including tactical nuclear weapons and warheads stored in warehouses, respectively. However, arms control...

22.10.2019

End of Nuclear Arms Control: Do Not Beware the Ides of March

... Renewed by 2021 and will thus Cease to Exist The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), one of the pillars of strategic stability in the world, fell apart before our very eyes. And now the foundations of the core instrument of global arms ... ... we started preparing ourselves for the possibility of waking up in March 2021 in a world where there are no restrictions on nuclear weapons. The potential disintegration of New START would not be catastrophic for Russia, all the more so because the country ...

04.07.2019

How to Reduce Nuclear Risks in Helsinki

... the Russian Federation have a shared responsibility to work together along with other nations to clarify our differences and mitigate these risks. Progress can only be made through the engagement of leaders. Moreover, in every country that possesses nuclear weapons, anything relating to nuclear policy is inherently “presidential.” The reality today is that we have entered a new era, in which a fateful error—triggered by an accident, miscalculation, or blunder—could trigger a nuclear catastrophe....

12.07.2018

Putin's State of the Union: Russia Can No Longer Take the US Goodwill and Commitment for Granted

The concept of strategic stability as we have known it since early 1960s becomes antiquated and immaterial The recent President Putin’s Address ... ....S. Relations in 2017 The Kremlin apparently concluded that the appetite for further bilateral or multilateral agreements on nuclear weapons is very low in both the White House and in Pentagon, and the US Senate is highly unlikely to ratify any meaningful ...

05.03.2018

Poll conducted

  1. 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%)
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