... needs.
In fulfillment of Wilson’s 4th point, the Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare was signed in 1925. Despite some local violations and mutual accusations, it was observed even during World War II and after it. A separate field of disarmament emerged—the prohibition or restricted use of certain types of particularly destructive weapons.
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It is quite conceivable that Wilson had an underlying motive of a different kind. The point is that the means of war—military forces and ...
... in the Area of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Russia and the United States: mutual allegations in non-compliance with nuclear disarmament treaties and bilateral arms control agreements
The compliance disputes concerning the INF Treaty
Statement by the ... ... ground-launched cruise missile with a range that is prohibited by the treaty. Since then, Russia has repeatedly denied the accusations, and has accused the United States of deploying defense systems in Romania and Poland which could potentially be used ...
... when the Russian economy is not up to the task.
The most important task is to rescue the INF Treaty. Rather than exchanging accusations in vain, the sides should work together to devise additional verification measures to eliminate suspicions on both sides.... ... control regime should be strengthened. This could be followed by gradual and selective measures toward multilateral nuclear disarmament.
Thus, disarmament, above all nuclear disarmament, is not a utopian dream but rather an imperative of the present ...
