Tag: Arms Control

Arms control is not just about arms (Khang Vu, The Interpreter)

Relations between Russian and the United States have been rocky since the 2014 Crimean crisis. Washington imposed various sanctions on the Kremlin in the aftermath of...

How the Arms Control Approach Could Help Russia Tackle Climate Change (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

The energy crunch in Europe; the knee-jerk accusations of Russia having engineered it to win early approval of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline;...

9/11-Arms Control. Control A New Paradigm for Terrorism: September 11 and Strategic Trade Controls to Prevent the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Richard...

I walked six miles from downtown Washington to home as the buses had stopped running on that beautiful fall weather day, with almost no...

9/11/Arms Control. The dangerous impact of 9/11 on arms control measures (Patricia Lewis, Chatham House)

In the weeks following the 9/11 attacks, analysts said everything was going to change and they were proved right. Just as the decades following...

(USA/China) Launch Arms-Control Talks with China (Defense One)

Louie Reckford writes for Defense One: Reporting on China’s buildup of silos that could house nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles caused a new round of calls for the...

(Arms Control) Arms control among rivals (AEI)

John Maurer After decades of small wars and counterinsurgency, the United States is refocusing on great power rivalry with China and Russia. This rivalry has...

ARMS CONTROL – Revamping Nuclear Arms Control: Five Near-Term Proposals (James M. Acton, Thomas MacDonald, Pranay Vaddi, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

To quickly lower the risk of nuclear escalation, manage arms racing, and avoid a breakdown in future treaty negotiations, the United States, Russia, and...