Restoring the arms control foundation will make it possible to expand the dialogue ... ... use would have far-reaching consequences, we also affirm that nuclear weapons—for as long as they exist—should serve defensive ... ... threat of nuclear war
Aleksey Arbatov:
The Ukrainian Crisis and Strategic Stability
Contrary to the common perception that nuclear ... ...
However, there might be even a third motive for the President’s refusal. It fact nuclear deterrence is aimed at preventing a number ...
... public opinion in the West or the East that would force the national leaders to accept arms control as a foreign policy priority.
Therefore, Russia, the United States and... ... withdraw from the INF Treaty.
Second, any Russia-US consultations on the principles of strategic stability would be useful in the first or second track or even between them... ... the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Withdrawal from the INF Treaty and, more importantly, refusal to extend the New START Treaty would create major risks for the global non-proliferation...
... ballistic missiles (SLBMs). These measures were designed to increase strategic stability by reducing the effectiveness of first strikes.... ... period and approach the next, and hopefully inevitable, stage of arms control from the best positions possible.
The signing of START ... ... to demobilize the Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal, whereby its nuclear weapons were either transferred to Russia or destroyed ... ... Russian parliament initially refused to ratify the agreement. The refusal to ratify START II was also due to the parliament’s standoff ...
