On February 21, 2017 ELN Research Fellow Thomas Frear spoke at the UK PONI/RUSI event “The UK Deterrent in an age of Trump and Putin” in Plymouth.
The event was chaired by Professor Sir David Omand GCB and additional speakers included Karl Dewey, CBRN Analyst for the defence and security firm IHS Jane’s.
Little can be done at the moment to resolve fully grown differences between major international actors, but a number of measures could be adopted to reduce unnecessary military risk.
The authors argue that the outcomes from Chicago were inadequate and that a renewed effort by NATO to contribute to nuclear disarmament is still needed.
Derek Averre, Senior Lecturer in Russian Foreign and Security Policy at the University of Birmingham, offers his thoughts on the latest ELN report “Defusing future crises in the shared neighbourhood”.