Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue

... systems, such as the B-61-12, in part by extending its range. For its part, Moscow has threatened to deploy its Iskander tactical nuclear weapons systems in Kaliningrad and Crimea. Russian nuclear strategy purportedly sees tactical nuclear weaponry as a potential means to “de-escalate” a conventional ... ... weapons altogether, would it be possible to engage in deeper reductions and international inspections? What if there was a mutual NATO-Russia agreement of "no first use" of nuclear weaponry or other forms of weapons of mass destruction? Could this ...