... with Andrey Kortunov and Zhao Huasheng
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine drags on. In response to France’s President ... ... disavowals of his divisive statement coming from other nations in the West. Many politicians and academics are concerned that the adversarial ... ... International Dialogue, to discuss the problems pertaining to international security, preventing a nuclear war, the rise of a ... ... fighting for two years, using almost all heavy weapons except nuclear weapons such as airplanes, tanks, artillery, warships, ...
... action, others viewed it as the trolling of internal and external audiences. Still others considered it a subtle signal to the West, devised in advance in the political kitchen and voiced by an eminent scholar.
The official position clearly differs from the solutions proposed in the article. Last November, the Russian Foreign Ministry explicitly stressed the inadmissibility of the use of nuclear weapons, limiting this possibility to the conditions specified in Russia’s nuclear doctrine. Besides, speculations in ...
... today, leaders face risks of miscalculation, compounded by the potential for the use of nuclear weapons, where millions could be killed in minutes. Do we have the tools to... ... organizations—the European Leadership Network (ELN), the Munich Security Conference (MSC), the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)—work... ... remains a potential flashpoint for catastrophic miscalculation between Russia and the West, and this tension threatens security and stability in the Euro-Atlantic region...
NTI Report
Russia and the West are at a dangerous crossroads. During the past several years, we have been in a state of escalating tension, trapped in a downward spiral of antagonism and distrust. With our militaries moving closer—in the skies over the Baltic Sea, in the depths ...
... the Risk of Nuclear Use in the Euro-Atlantic Region” was published in English and Russian in early October 2015.
The experience of the authors and the influence of the... ... about the issues of security in the Euro-Atlantic region and the world.
The Use of Nuclear Weapons is Real, but How Real?
The report is based on a survey of leading researchers... ... The authors cite differing and sometimes opposite assessments made by the Russian and Western sides. But, as a rule, they cite Russian and foreign research and publications...