... the Reykjavik summit: “We declare that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” On their own behalf, the representatives of the five leading powers added: “As nuclear use would have far-reaching consequences, we also affirm that nuclear weapons—for as long as they exist—should serve defensive purposes, deter aggression, and prevent war.” [
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These provisions, in slightly different versions, are endlessly repeated in official documents of the UN, the OSCE and NATO, Russia,...
The book contains a lot of well-researched material and will be of use to a wide range of readers and scholars
The book “Nuclear Russia” is coming out at the crucial and difficult period for nuclear (and, in fact not just nuclear) arms control, non- proliferation and disarmament. To put it squarely, towards the end of the second decade of the 21st century this process ended up in deep systemic crisis (like many other areas of international life).
“Nuclear Russia” is not a textbook for students...
... (that would expire during the next presidential tenures in the United States and Russia) and the long list of accumulated problems in the field of ensuring strategic stability.
Russia was increasingly concerned about further limitations on strategic nuclear weapons, pointing to
the nuclear missile capabilities of the America’s NATO allies—the United Kingdom and France
, as well as to the growing countervailing capabilities (aimed at defeating the nuclear triad and control centers) of long-range ...
... international community. Despite many gloomy predictions, over the last half a century the proliferation process was quite slow: on top of the five recognized nuclear states only three other nations (India, Pakistan and North Korea) have openly tested nuclear weapons, and another one (Israel) has kept a deliberate ambiguity on its nuclear status.
However, this positive track record gives no reasons to be complacent about the future. The last NPT Review Conference (August 2022) revealed an evident lack ...
The nuclear weapons taboo is undoubtedly weakening, but Moscow shouldn’t be the first to break it
Professor Sergey Karaganov’s “Tough-but-necessary decision”
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– which claims that by using its nuclear weapons, Russia could save humanity ...
... research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council.
Professor Sergey Karaganov’s “Tough-but-necessary decision”
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– which claims that by using its nuclear weapons, Russia could save humanity from a global catastrophe – has provoked plenty of reaction both at home and abroad. Partly because of the author’s status – he has been an advisor to both President Boris Yeltsin and President Vladimir ...
... 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 the Western media about “Russian nuclear blackmail” were legitimately regarded by the Russian authorities as an element ...
..., public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states.
The organizers of the dialog on the Russian side included RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies and RAS Institute of Europe. The meeting focused on the U.S. and Russia nuclear weapons modernization issues, new technologies and implications for the nuclear balance, strategic and pre-strategic: what agreement (if any) will replace START III, provided that the topic of nuclear arms control can be separated from the confrontation ...
... 2018 during Donald Trump’s presidency.
One of the key functions of any publicly available strategic document is to deliver information to other states – both friendly and hostile. Yet only in few areas does this matter as much as in the field of nuclear weapons.
NDS-2022, and particularly NPR-2022, contain a significant number of clearly defined U.S. norms and doctrinal guidelines regarding nuclear weapons and strategic stability, with the main target audience being the top political brass of ...
Working Paper No. 68/2022
Working Paper No. 68/2022
The first atomic bomb was designed almost eight decades ago. Since then, the nuclear factor has become one of the game-changers in international relations. The possession of nuclear weapons has become especially important in modern times, as discussions of the fatal destructiveness the use of atomic weapons for all mankind have reintensified. There is increasing speculation on this topic in the international arena. Nevertheless,...
