We have crossed over to a new nuclear era in which cyber capabilities transform the nuclear risks
For the past three years, Des Browne, Wolfgang Ischinger, Igor Ivanov, Sam Nunn, and their respective organizations—the European Leadership Network (
ELN
), the Munich Security Conference (
MSC
), the Russian International Affairs Council (
RIAC
), and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (
NTI
)—have been working with former and current officials and experts from a group of Euro-Atlantic states and the European...
... compounded by heightened tensions between NATO and Russia—with little communication between military and political leaders—and the potential for deliberate cyber threats. In the absence of initiative, we will continue to drift down a path where nuclear weapons use becomes more probable. Governments have a shared responsibility to work together to mitigate these risks.
First, leaders of states with nuclear weapons in the region should reinforce the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won ...
... in late 1960s – early 1970s. With a stretch of imagination, one might argue that both agreements could have been signed by Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev. Either treaty includes no points that would address problems of missile defense, tactical nuclear weapons, space-based weapons, cyber warfare, third nuclear countries, nuclear terrorism or prompt global strike capabilities.
Moreover, neither INF, nor New Start prevents the United States from spending USD 1 trillion in the next 30 years on ...
Recently, more than 120 countries have backed the first-ever treaty to eliminate the nuclear weapons around the globe, despite a boycott by all nuclear-armed nations. By ratifying the treaty, each state party undertakes not to; develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear ...
Are Nuclear Weapons Protected against Cyber Attacks?
We are witnessing a general trend towards the militarization of cyberspace, and nuclear weapons are no exception. What will happen to strategic stability should cyber weapons be employed? Are nuclear ...
... thinking, and to a legitimate realist reticence about big ideas: they could be dangerous delusions and diversions. Piecemeal detente thinking became once again the status quo.
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Dmitry Stefanovich:
Global Development and Nuclear Weapons
Now we have Trump. Which means the danger now is not from large ideas, but that we will remain stuck again in piecemeal detente thinking.
In the course of rightly cautioning against expectations of an easy Russia-America reconciliation ...
... Studies (
CENESS
) launched a new joint report on the future of U.S.-Russian nuclear cooperation.
The report includes 51 recommendations for mutually beneficial cooperation across five thematic areas: nuclear science, nuclear energy, nuclear safety, nuclear security, and nuclear environmental remediation. If implemented, these projects could result in safer nuclear reactors, stronger defenses against nuclear and radiological terrorism, and cleaner approaches to nuclear environmental remediation.
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