Search: New START,INF Treaty,Arms control (7 materials)

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

... require appropriate budget decisions, and much more besides. 2.2. A security spoiler The political consequences of the United States’ withdrawal from the treaty are already obvious and will continue to manifest themselves. In the field of nuclear arms control, the US decision could create a ‘domino effect’: if it abandons the INF Treaty, it puts the New START treaty’s extension into question. Mutual accusations about the failure to abide by this treaty — at least in terms of its spirit, if not the letter — are becoming increasingly loud both in Russia and the US, as are statements that the ...

22.10.2019

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

Russia Should Prepare for the Very Realistic Scenario in which the New START will not be 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 control – the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) – are starting to crumble too, as it is looking dangerously unlikely that the bare minimum of extending the agreement will be achieved. It is time we started preparing ourselves for the ...

04.07.2019

The Domino Effect: America’s Withdrawal from the INF Treaty and Its Ramifications

... (INF Treaty). Russia, in turn, also suspended its participation in the INF. According to Andrei Kortunov, Director General of 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 regime. Three levels of argumentation Igor Ivanov: Nuclear Catastrophe: Myth or Reality? There are three circumstances ...

05.02.2019

The Collapse of the INF Treaty as a Motivation?

... range of over 600 kilometres. This would turn such aircraft into heavy bombers under New START. The aforementioned letter states that Russia has no such intentions with... ... commitment might prove to be a useful instrument of trust and security. This aspect of arms control may yet come to the fore should Russia-U.S. relations deteriorate further... ... political processes in the United States. Alexander Yermakov: Brave New World Without INF Treaty Russia and the United States managed, in previous decades, to reach a very...

01.02.2019

Nuclear Catastrophe: Myth or Reality?

... 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... ... reducing that of its international partners. Andrey Kortunov: The World After the INF Treaty: How to Get Out of the Dead Zone And what did this do to Russia–U.S. relations... ... well. Mistrust and suspicion began to grow. Security contacts, including contacts on arms control, that had taken years to build up started to deteriorate. There is no way...

01.02.2019

Road to Nowhere

After Ditching the INF Treaty, the U.S. Risks Further Isolation Seventeen years ago, in late 2001, the George W. Bush Administration announced ... ... are in high-risk regions where military tensions are already elevated. Dmitry Stefanovich: Post-Helsinki Opportunities for New START and the INF Treaty? I would venture to suggest that, following the withdrawal from the INF Treaty, the U.S. Administration ...

01.11.2018

U.S. Withdrawal From the INF Treaty and the End of the Bilateral Era

... amendment, was considered the main accomplishment of the Obama administration’s “reset” policy. As the extension of the New START Treaty is also up in the air, removing the centrality of strategic arms control not only deprives the U.S.-Russia relationship of its special status in global politics, but also drastically reduces ... ... Minister Heiko Maas was one of the first foreign politicians to react negatively to Trump’s announcement. Dmitry Stefanovich: INF Treaty: More than Just an Agreement By withdrawing from the INF treaty, the U.S. is giving itself free rein not only in Europe ...

26.10.2018

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