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4 July 2017

Europe’s nuclear woes: Mitigating the challenges of the next years

Ulrich KühnS. ShettyPolina Sinovets

As long as the relationship between Russia and the West continues to be confrontational, the urgent task will be to stabilize and manage the confrontation. For NATO, this primarily means balancing deterrence and assurance measures to its easternmost allies without entering a new arms race.

4 July 2017

Amid high tensions, an urgent need for nuclear restraint

A. MalyginaS. FikenscherJ. Nielsen

With tensions running high between the United States and Russia, North Korea conducting nuclear tests, and every nuclear-armed nation modernizing its arsenal, the world seems headed toward greater nuclear instability.

4 July 2017
Europe/Russia

A plausible scenario of nuclear war in Europe, and how to deter it: A perspective from Estonia

J. LuikT. Jermalavičius

The specter of nuclear war in Europe has returned under the regime of Vladimir Putin in Russia. Russia’s large-scale exercises incorporate the scenarios of a limited nuclear strike against NATO as part of Moscow’s “escalation to de-escalate” concept.

4 May 2017
Americas

Adapting nuclear modernization to the new administration

Adam Mount

The US nuclear modernization program is slated to bring profound changes to all three legs of the nuclear triad. But with Donald Trump in office, modernization now operates in a different context.

4 May 2017
Americas

Rising tensions, nuclear modernizations: How Washington can turn down the heat

Lawrence J. Korb

Statesmen such as William Perry and Mikhail Gorbachev are growing increasingly concerned about global nuclear tensions. Their concern springs in large measure from the nuclear modernizations being conducted by all major nuclear powers.

4 May 2017
Global forum

Ban the bomb by… banning the bomb? - A Ukrainian response

Polina Sinovets
4 May 2017
Global forum

Ban the bomb by… banning the bomb? - A Turkish response

Mustafa Kibaroglu
4 March 2017
Global forum

China’s proper role in the global nuclear order - A Chinese response

Hua Han
4 March 2017
Global forum

China’s proper role in the global nuclear order - A US response

Gregory Kulacki
4 March 2017
Nuclear notebook

Russian nuclear forces, 2017

Hans M. KristensenRobert S. Norris

Russia is in the middle of a broad modernization of its strategic and nonstrategic nuclear forces, including both new programs and some that have been underway for many years.

2 September 2016
Global forum

North Korea, nuclear weapons, and the search for a new path forward - A Russian response

Andrei Lankov
3 May 2016
Nuclear notebook

Russian nuclear forces, 2016

Hans M. KristensenRobert S. Norris

Russia is in the middle of a broad modernization of its strategic and nonstrategic nuclear forces, including some new developments.

3 May 2016
Interview

Former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul

John Mecklin

In this interview, former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul discusses US–Russian relations and how they might be improved, given Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suspicious views of US intentions.

3 May 2016

Putin: The one-man show the West doesn’t understand

Fiona Hill

The West is at an inflection point in its relations with Russia; the stakes for having an accurate understanding of its president, Vladimir Putin, have never been higher.

3 May 2016

Blurring the line between nuclear and nonnuclear weapons: Increasing the risk of accidental nuclear war?

Pavel Podvig

In the past few months, there have been a number of provocative events between Russia and the West: Russian jets buzz US warships in the Black Sea. Turkey, a NATO member, shoots down a Russian warplane involved in the Syria conflict.

3 May 2016

Barrels and bullets: The geostrategic significance of Russia’s oil and gas exports

M. BradshawR. Connolly

In 1953, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the hidden costs of what he was to later describe as the “military-industrial complex.” Ike said: “We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat.

2 January 2016

Power shift in the Middle East

Rachel Bronson

The nuclear agreement that Iran and six major world powers signed in 2015 has focused the international community’s attention on Middle Eastern nuclear politics.

1 September 2015
Global forum

Going too fast: Time to ban hypersonic missile tests?: A US response

Mark Gubrud

The technology surrounding missiles that fly at five or more times the speed of sound is not mature, but several nations have tested hypersonic missiles.

1 September 2015
Global forum

Going too fast: Time to ban hypersonic missile tests?: A Chinese response

Tong Zhao

The technology surrounding missiles that fly at five or more times the speed of sound is not mature, but several nations have tested hypersonic missiles.

1 September 2015
Global forum

Going too fast: Time to ban hypersonic missile tests?: An Indian response

Rajaram Nagappa

The technology surrounding missiles that fly at five or more times the speed of sound is not mature, but several nations have tested hypersonic missiles.

1 July 2015
Europe/Russia
Features

Nuclear power in Ukraine: Crisis or path to energy independence?

T. Kasperski

Ukraine is a major nuclear power, with 15 reactors that produce more than 13,000 megawatts of electricity annually.

1 May 2015
Asia
Global forum

How to approach nuclear modernization?: A Chinese response

Lu Yin

Between 2014 and 2023, the United States expects to spend $355 billion to modernize its nuclear arsenal. In subsequent decades, even higher expenditures are envisioned. But Washington is far from alone in modernizing its nuclear weapons.

1 May 2015
Global forum

How to approach nuclear modernization?: A Russian response

Eugene Miasnikov

Between 2014 and 2023, the United States expects to spend $355 billion to modernize its nuclear arsenal. In subsequent decades, even higher expenditures are envisioned. But Washington is far from alone in modernizing its nuclear weapons.

1 May 2015
Americas
Global forum

How to approach nuclear modernization?: A US response

Matthew Kroenig

Between 2014 and 2023, the United States expects to spend $355 billion to modernize its nuclear arsenal. In subsequent decades, even higher expenditures are envisioned. But Washington is far from alone in modernizing its nuclear weapons.

1 March 2015
Global forum

Limit missile defense--or expand it?: A Chinese response

Wu Riqiang

Since 2002, when the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the international arms control regime has included no limits on missile defense.

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