... treaty alliances” in the Asia-Pacific also include the Philippines and Thailand. Nuclear weapons were stored in the soil of the former during the Cold War. This is to... ... Saveleva Dovgal:
Escalation Signaling in Ukraine and Its Implications for the Strategic Russia-US Relationship
This widening schism between the NWSs and NNWSs, coupled with... ... associated recommendations is thus reviving dialogue in multitudinous venues such as NPT Review Conference preparatory committees that start functioning years before the...
... going to accelerate in a radical way within next fifty years. Likewise, the fact that nuclear weapons were not used since 1945, creates no credible assurances that they will... ... years (e. g. it would be difficult to envisage new comprehensive legally binding US-Russian agreements ratified by the US Senate). Today, we need an entirely new (hopefully... ... remaining commitment to nuclear disarmament in order to avoid a full collapse of the NPT regime. An important contribution to nonproliferation would be further progress...
... weapons, due to their obvious imbalances.
And finally, the beginning of multilateral negotiations of the actual possessors of nuclear weapons should be preceded by the recognition of at least India and Pakistan (and possibly Israel and the DPRK) as nuclear powers in the context of the NPT.
I think that the existing model of nuclear arms control has not completely outlived its usefulness.
It should be noted that for decades the strategic offensive arms reduction treaties between the United States and the USSR/Russia ensured strategic stability by maintaining a balance of nuclear potentials and by providing for the exchange of comprehensive ...
The European Leadership Network Report
The
European Leadership Network
Report
The UK and Russia hold pivotal roles within the Non-Proliferation Treaty regime and share a common interest in its preservation and longevity.... ... UK and Russia could display leadership, create opportunities, and positively shape the 2020 Review Conference and advance the NPT agenda beyond RevCon.
The recommendations in this report are the result of the European Leadership Network (ELN) led project ...
... Moscow and London on the Future of NPT.
Leading experts on non-proliferation and nuclear issues, former diplomats and military, officials and advisers to analytical centers of Russia and the United Kingdom discussed possible forms of dialog between Russia and the United Kingdom on nuclear issues in the group of nuclear powers in the context of the 2020 NPT Conference.
Dmitry Stefanovich, RIAC Expert, an independent expert in nuclear weapons and non-proliferation, spoke at a seminar session and presented RIAC research and analytical materials on nuclear issues. Based on the results of the workshop, in early 2020 a report with recommendations for the ministries and departments ...
... treaty is renounced.
As experts have warned, it is impossible to abandon the bilateral Russia-US dimension of nuclear arms control while leaving its multilateral dimension... ... before our eyes. Washington has launched a campaign accusing Moscow of conducting secret nuclear weapons tests. Thus, the future of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty... ... insist on tests will exert more pressure on the public.
The ultimate destruction of NPT would be the final nail in the coffin for nuclear arms control. Its Article VI notes...
... former US diplomat Lewis Dunn
notes
, the polarization and divisions within the NPT community, especially between the P5 and NNWS are greater and more dramatic than they have been for over 30 years. The problem is that different States Parties to the NPT review process appear increasingly unwilling to compromise or to search for a consensus. As the Russian expert on nuclear weapons Andrey Baklitskiy rightfully
notes
, there appears to be a “growing temptation to move the discussion on the most contentious issues to the UN General Assembly or to some ad hoc body, where decisions would be taken by a majority rather ...
