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Wolfgang Richter: Establishing Whether the Other Side Has Hostile Intent Is Critical for De-escalation

... arms control and the link between threat perception and military capability. Wolfgang Zellner: Time for a New Approach to Conventional Arms Control? Mr Richter, please share your vision of how to avoid conflict escalation resulting from increased implementation ... ... being used. Rather, the weapons being used are conventional, have been around for the last 30–40 years and are limited by the CFE Treaty (Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe). Nonetheless, Russia has suspended all the CFE Treaties and NATO has ...

29.10.2019

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Time for a New Approach to Conventional Arms Control?

... the issue at stake is no longer “large-scale offensive options” of a continental-size in the sense of the preamble of the CFE Treaty, but the perception of emerging options for a surprise attack in the contact regions between NATO and Russia, particularly ... ... would spoil scarce resources and attract the political attention that we urgently need to address global problems. Options for Conventional Arms Control in Europe Against this background, there are basically three options of addressing risks ensuing from ...

02.10.2019

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