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Nuclear Future: Rethinking the Nuclear Forces in the Days to Come

... vehicles and warheads to destroy the smaller number of your weapons. As a result of such first counterforce strike, the attacked country is set to emerge with prevailing nuclear forces. In this approach, preemptive strikes make no sense and classic strategic stability v is easy to maintain. Note that inadequate SNF survivability of one side is as dangerous for other sides as it is for itself—in a spiraling crisis, an international actor that feels vulnerable may lose the nerve, attacking first ...

04.05.2022

A Military Response to Russians’ Infernal Question

With the INF Treaty collapsed and Russian proposals to prevent another missile confrontation in Europe possibly rejected, the logical thing to do would be to deploy the revised “Pioneer” missile in response to the new “Pershings” and “Gryphons” Who is to blame? A seemingly clear-cut answer to this accursed question relevant for the country’s current security concern has recently emerged: the United States and NATO with its U.S.-led enlargement into the post-Soviet space, with them having completely...

17.02.2022

4th RIAC and RUSI Workshop on Strategic Stability and Arms Control

On February 10, 2022, RIAC held its 4th workshop on strategic stability and arms control in partnership with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) On February 10, 2022, RIAC held its 4th workshop on strategic stability and arms control in partnership with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)....

11.02.2022

Annual Conference "Riga Dialogue 2021": Assessing Strategic Stability in the Euro-Atlantic

... Latvian Institute of International Affairs, in cooperation with European Leadership Network, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, and Russian International Affairs Council, held their annual "Riga Dialogue" Conference: Assessing Strategic Stability in the Euro-Atlantic" On September 30 ­– October 1, 2021, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, in cooperation with European Leadership Network, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, and Russian International ...

04.10.2021

RIAC and RUSI Discuss Strategic Stability and Regional Escalation Risks

... 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) hosted the first workshop on security issues within the framework of the project “A New Agenda for Russia–UK Relations” and its sub-component on strategic stability, arms control, and cooperation in space On September 29, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) hosted the first workshop on security issues within the framework of the project ...

03.10.2021

The Nuclear Triad: Alternatives from the Days Gone By

Nuclear warheads peacefully resting in armories and missile silos weighed with the decisions made by the U.S. and Soviet leadership no less than party fellows, public opinion polls and pronouncements of foreign leaders The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, commonly known as START I, recently marked its 30 th anniversary. It came to be the first in a series of nuclear treaties followed by START II, SORT and the New START. The longevity of the arms control regime is not the only reason to single out...

03.09.2021

Quo Vadis

... documents to be signed. At the same time, the two presidents adopted a joint statement following the talks, setting down a series of fundamental positions and objectives; their implementation could lead to specific arrangements as well as some headway on strategic stability. The presidents reaffirmed their commitment to the principle that nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. This intuitive statement does, in fact, carry tremendous meaning. Recent years have seen heated discussions revolving ...

07.07.2021

Geneva Meeting: A World in Waiting

... new arms control model that would better reflect the military-political and military-technical landscape of the 21 st century. Ivan Timofeev: Layered Cake. What to Expect from the Putin-Biden Summit? There are other equally important dimensions to strategic stability that need to be addressed in Geneva. Strategic stability implies close cooperation or—at least—coordination of actions taken by the sides in tackling common external challenges. And there are already plenty of these: international ...

09.06.2021

Prospects for Strengthening Strategic Stability Discussed at EASLG High-Level Meeting

On February 5, 2021, the ordinary virtual meeting of the high-level working group on strategic stability issues of the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG) took place On February 5, 2021, the ordinary virtual meeting of the high-level working group on strategic stability issues of the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group ...

08.02.2021
 

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