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Reflections on P5 risk reduction: milestones to date and recommendations for the eleventh NPT review cycle

The recent P5 affirmation that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought” as well as the incorporation of strategic risk reduction into the nuclear doctrines and dialogues working group are impactful and are welcome first measures. The P5 must now build on this momentum to discuss a substantive programme of work which must will lead to the implementation of concrete risk reduction measures within the eleventh review cycle.

24 January 2022 | Maximilian Hoell and Goran Svilanović
Global SecurityNuclear Arms ControlNuclear WeaponsSecurity
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Ideas for US/NATO response to Russian security guarantee proposals

The US and NATO should respond to Russia’s security guarantees proposal with a unified counterproposal that addresses Russia’s concern about NATO expansion, rolls back Russia’s own expansion in its near abroad, and creates stable and successful states in the space between NATO and Russia, writes Kevin Ryan.

21 January 2022 | Retired Brigadier General Kevin Ryan
Euro-Atlantic SecurityNATORussiaRussia-West RelationsSecurityUnited States
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Redesigning nuclear arms control for new realities

A revival of arms control will not be possible by going back to old approaches. Instead, arms control needs to adapt to new circumstances. A new report from the Center for Security Studies in Zurich sets out a transatlantic ap­proach on how to build a political strategy for arms con­trol in a new landscape.

17 January 2022 | Dr Anna Péczeli, Brad Roberts, Jonas Schneider, Adam Thomson, Oliver Thränert, Heather Williams and Névine Schepers
Global SecurityEuropeNuclear Arms ControlNuclear WeaponsSecurityUnited States
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One minute to midnight: the time for action for the nuclear dialogue is now

With the 2022 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference approaching in January, Angela Kane outlines the necessary actions to unlock the potential of the RevCon and nurture creative strategic action. She argues that we need a new overarching vision for nuclear arms control, one that goes beyond the consideration of “missile gaps.”

16 December 2021 | Angela Kane
Global SecurityNuclear Arms ControlNuclear WeaponsSecurity