... tremendously difficult task that allows for some flexibility but also raises the risks of further escalation
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has demonstrated an unprecedented use of missile capabilities and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by both ... ... of recurrent bilateral interactions. Although Russia has rejected the recent U.S. proposal to
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e systematic dialogue on strategic stability and arms control, both states should continue to seek other opportunities—whether as a track-1.5 format ...
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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 United States, China, the UK and France, as well as other nuclear-weapon states, [
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, which have fascinated Europeans for two millennia.
The threat of nuclear war
Aleksey Arbatov:
The Ukrainian Crisis and Strategic Stability
Contrary to the common perception that nuclear weapons should exclusively “serve to deter aggression and ...
... practical approaches to considering the likelihood of a nuclear war. Other issues included most pressing challenges between Russia, the United States, and China in the field of nuclear arms limitation and control.
Key talking points:
Aleksandr Ermakov ... ... weapons of its own, as well as the aggravation of relations between Russia and the United States, together with the dialogue on strategic stability put on hold, usher in a new stage in the nuclear arms race in the world. Perhaps, this stressful situation ...
... other party, but also NATO’s eastward expansion, its involvement in local military hostilities at the territory of Russia’s adversary, aiding that adversary though weapons deliveries and even threatening statements and economic sanctions against Russia.
Second, the influence of the Ukrainian crisis on strategic stability is in its direct effect on Russia–U.S. talks that Washington froze after their successful beginning in July 2021 in Geneva. Historically, talks on limiting and reducing arms have been the principal means of enhancing stability of ...
