Disarmament in History and at Present: Theory vs. Practice

... indivisible security, their desire to change regimes in other countries at will and to destroy their sovereignty and territorial integrity by force (as in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya and Syria). Nevertheless, the current crisis has quite a tangible link to arms control. It is no coincidence that it was preceded and then fueled by the collapse of the disarmament system. In 2019, the U.S. denounced the crucial Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), and in 2020 withdrew from the Treaty on Open Skies. In 2023, in response to U.S. policy toward Ukraine and for a variety of other reasons,...