Arms Control/Nonproliferation

Podvig: The value of New START is largely that it keeps the lines of communication open and it is the place for dialogue

(WVTF Radio/NPR) When President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office next month, he will have to deal with some very urgent business with Russian President Vladimir Putin. As NPR’s Lucian Kim…

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The Power of Augmented Reality: How Narratives Impacted U.S.-Russian Arms Control Negotiations

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Since the end of World War II, relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, subsequently Russia, have been one of the major factors defining the…

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Putin’s Non-Starter in Arms Control Marks the Nadir of Russia’s Status

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The virtual meeting of the Russian Security Council last Friday (October 16) started with a surprise meant to signify a major foreign policy initiative. Namely, President Vladimir Putin…

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Podvig: What one side sees as obfuscating, the other side considers it is strictly following the letter of the Treaty

(IISS Podcast) The collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty last year increased concerns that the international architecture around arms control was weakening further. With other agreements up for renewal or…

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Why U.S.-Russian arms control can succeed even in a climate of confrontation

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) Abstract: The onset of a crisis in US-Russian and global arms control has generated manifold proposals on ways to rejuvenate productive negotiations on weapons cuts and…

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Focal Points in Arms Control

(Palgrave Macmillan) Abstract: This chapter scrutinizes one particularly prominent type of international negotiations: arms control. The author seeks to establish the imprint of focal points on arms control, and to determine…

Escalation for De-Escalation? Hazy Nuclear-Weapon “Red Lines” Generate Russian Advantages

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) According to the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), Russian nuclear strategy calls for the early use of nuclear weapons in the event of a conflict with NATO.…

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The Death of Arms Control; Consequences on Ukraine

This February we witnessed the true deterioration of arms control. The United States declared its withdrawal from the INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty) due to Russia’s alleged systematic violations…

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The End of Strategic Stability? Nuclear Weapons and the Challenge of Regional Rivalries [NEW BOOK]

(Lawrence Rubin and Adam Stulberg, Editors) During the Cold War, many believed that the superpowers shared a conception of strategic stability, a coexistence where both sides would compete for global influence…

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Russia Reconsiders Consequences of INF Treaty Breakdown

(EDM) News about the United States’ decision to withdraw from the 1988 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty produced the predictable explosion of propaganda commentary in Moscow. But by the end of…

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Podvig: The value of New START is largely that it keeps the lines of communication open and it is the place for dialogue

The Power of Augmented Reality: How Narratives Impacted U.S.-Russian Arms Control Negotiations

Putin’s Non-Starter in Arms Control Marks the Nadir of Russia’s Status

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Focal Points in Arms Control

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The End of Strategic Stability? Nuclear Weapons and the Challenge of Regional Rivalries [NEW BOOK]

Russia Reconsiders Consequences of INF Treaty Breakdown