On June 1, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council hosted a seminar «Russia-the U.S. Relations in the Nuclear Sphere: Pathways to Cooperation» with Ernest J. Moniz, Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer, NTI (Nuclear Threat Initiative, nonprofit organization), Former U.S. Secretary of Energy.
On June 1, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council hosted a seminar «Russia-the U.S. Relations in the Nuclear Sphere: Pathways to Cooperation» with Ernest J. Moniz, Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer...
... Japan’s military campaign in China (1937–1945), America’s Vietnam War (1965–1973), and the Iraqi-Iranian conflict (1980–1988).
Nevertheless, there is a popular opinion today that chemical agents are less dangerous and under greater control than nuclear weapons. This view results from the obvious fact that the world reached a breakthrough in chemical disarmament for last 25 years. Almost 200 countries joined the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, which is about 98 percent of the planet. The Organization ...
... and nuclear war would almost certainly become a reality.
America’s Nuclear Policy
Andrey Kortunov:
Disillusionment and Missed Opportunities: Russia-U.S. Relations in 2017
On MSNBC, Chris Matthews asked candidate Donald Trump if he would ever use nuclear weapons. After being pressed several times, Trump thought about it for a bit and
said
, “no…I’m not taking any cards off the table.” He was lambasted for the comment. However, official American nuclear policy states that the United States ...
... a priori to any existing or future anti-missile systems had a therapeutic effect and significantly lowered the tone of hysterical talk concerning the development of the U.S. ABM system.
Igor Ivanov:
Russia Is Offering an Olive Branch, Not Flaunting Nuclear Weapons
The most recent evidence of the possibility of a new agreement came in the form of a
telephone conversation
between Putin and Trump on March 20, after which the two presidents declared their interest in a meaningful discussion on strategic ...
... members of the US Security Council together with Germany.
Andrey Kortunov:
Disillusionment and Missed Opportunities: Russia-U.S. Relations in 2017
The Kremlin apparently concluded that the appetite for further bilateral or multilateral agreements on nuclear weapons is very low in both the White House and in Pentagon, and the US Senate is highly unlikely to ratify any meaningful strategic arms control agreement with Moscow. If so, Russia should look for other ways to ensure its security in a less ...
... nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500–5,500km. The two sides eliminated 2,692 short-, medium- and intermediate-range nuclear-armed missiles by 1991 — the first time ever that an entire class of nuclear weapons has been
eliminated
. In July 2014, the US State Department officially
alleged
that the Russian Federation was violating the INF Treaty by conducting flight tests of a ground-launched cruise missile with a range that is prohibited by ...
The USA continues to move towards the reinstatement of nuclear weapons as a fundamental element of national and international security
Experts and politicians are familiar with several variants of the 2018 NPR. The Huffington Post published a draft in mid-January. On February 2, in the run-up to the February ...
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 ...
... military and political leaders. In the absence of some positive initiative, we will continue to drift toward danger. In Munich, the EASLG will call on governments to work together to mitigate the risks of nuclear conflict.
First, leaders of the region’s nuclear weapons states should reaffirm the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. Agreement on this principle would send an important message – that leaders recognize their responsibility to work together to prevent nuclear ...
