Avoiding a post-INF missile race : brief for "US-Russia Dialogue on Nuclear Issues: Does Arms Control Have a Future?", CNS-CENESS meeting in Moscow, November 7, 2019 / Dr. Nikolai Sokov
Published
Monterey, CA : Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 2019
The end of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty inevitably generated concerns about a new arms race in Europe similar to the Euromissile crisis in the early 1980s. The situation is different, however, in one important respect: neither Russia nor NATO want a new arms race and both have demonstrated a degree of restraint. Russia has declared that it would not deploy intermediate-range missiles if NATO does not deploy them. NATO, while insisting it needs to respond to what it sees as Russian violation of the INF Treaty, has indicated it would limit its response to non-nuclear air- and sea-launched assets. Nevertheless, the situation is fragile, and it is difficult to predict how long mutual restraint can hold
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"December 2019"--Cover
"January 2019."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
"The support for this briefing paper was provided by the MacArthur Foundation."
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (Nonproliferation.org, viewed December 11, 2019)
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (1987 December 8) fast (OCoLC)fst01917550
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (1991 July 31) fast (OCoLC)fst01917551
