... simple as possible
Amidst accusations of non-compliance towards Russia, on 20 October 2018 US President Donald Trump announced ... ... confrontation in Europe and has been one of the pillars of nuclear arms control.
Could the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) ... ... ‘domino effect’: if it abandons the INF Treaty, it puts the New START treaty’s extension into question. Mutual accusations ... ... the absence of an adequate international legal foundation for strategic stability, this stability can and should be improved ...
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 ...
... procedure of withdrawal from the Treaty on the Elimination of the Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (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 ...
Despite the attempts of Russian and U.S. sides to find common ground on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces ... ... 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...
... Ivanov, RIAC President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)
Igor Ivanov
, RIAC President ... ... Treaty, another step towards the destruction of the international arms control regime established over 30 years ago. At the same ... ... two countries, which are responsible to a great extent for the strategic stability in the world — are not conducting any negotiations ... ... Offensive Reductions Treaty was signed in Moscow in 2002, and the New START was signed in 2010. And both these documents are, without ...
