... West or the East that would force the national leaders to accept arms control as a foreign policy priority.
Therefore, Russia, the ... ... the absence of formal obligations under the INF Treaty or the New START Treaty cannot stop the sides from honouring them de facto.... ... Treaty.
Second, any Russia-US consultations on the principles of strategic stability would be useful in the first or second track ... ... (NPT). Withdrawal from the INF Treaty and, more importantly, refusal to extend the New START Treaty would create major risks for ...
... ballistic missiles (SLBMs). These measures were designed to increase strategic stability by reducing the effectiveness of first strikes.... ... because they are far less accurate.
Potential disintegration of New START would not be catastrophic for Russia, all the more so ... ... period and approach the next, and hopefully inevitable, stage of arms control from the best positions possible.
The signing of START ... ... Russian parliament initially refused to ratify the agreement. The refusal to ratify START II was also due to the parliament’s standoff ...
... the Russian Council on International Affairs, the United States’ decision can create a “domino effect” in the nuclear arms control: by quitting the INF Treaty, Washington puts in question the prolongation of the New START agreement, and without the New START, there will be a broader issue of maintaining the nuclear weapons non-proliferation ... ... level of argumentation is connected with the fact that the INF Treaty limits missiles of only two parties – Russia and the USA. Meanwhile, the technology of medium- and shorter-range missiles is being vigorously developed in many other countries, primarily ...
... simmering conflicts.
Dmitry Stefanovich, Malcolm Chalmers:
Is This the End of Nuclear Arms Control?
It is much more likely that all the actors involved will exercise some... ... place. This, however, would require both parties to act fairly boldly.
The Future of New START and Arms Control
It should be stressed here that, unless the United States... ... INF Treaty [
5
]. Without going into much detail as to the essence of the mutual accusations, it should be noted that Washington’s failure to embrace a constructive approach...
... Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, another step towards the destruction of the international arms control regime established over 30 years ago. At the same time, military technology... ... United States — the two countries, which are responsible to a great extent for the strategic stability in the world — are not conducting any negotiations on the issue... ... Yes, the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty was signed in Moscow in 2002, and the New START was signed in 2010. And both these documents are, without a doubt, very important...
