The fate of the START Treaty and nuclear arms control, in general, has become clearer
Now when the U.S. presidential elections are over the fate of the START Treaty and nuclear arms control, in general, has become clearer.
The New START treaty is set to expire on February 5, 2021, ...
... Euro-Atlantic region, home to over 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons and four nuclear weapon states, should step up engagement and develop concrete proposals to reduce nuclear risks. The deteriorating relationship between Russia and the West and breakdown of nuclear arms control fundamentally affects European security.
China and other nuclear weapons states should promote work on strategic stability. Multilateral efforts should be made to find effective mechanisms to engage nuclear-armed states not party ...
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 ...
... already voiced my doubts that either Vladimir Putin or Donald Trump will significantly advance us toward the arms control objectives I have mentioned. But I do want to identify some light in the darkness. The rest of the world has not lost interest in nuclear arms control; the de-legitimization of nuclear weapons continues apace.
Many countries have joined Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone treaties, committing themselves not to develop, produce, or possess nuclear weapons. These zones now cover four of the ...