Publications
NATO and Nuclear Weapons: Is A New Consensus Possible?
September 1, 2010
RUSI
Steven Andreasen, Malcolm Chalmers, Isabelle Williams
Reports/Studies
The revision of NATO's Strategic Concept has provided a context within which member states have begun a discussion to address whether, and how, NATO nuclear policy should be revised. Specifically, this discussion has included whether NATO's declaratory policy can be modified to reduce the role of its nuclear weapons, and whether further changes should be made in the deployment of the remaining US non-strategic nuclear weapons (NSNW) – or 'tactical' nuclear weapons – currently forward-based in Europe. This paper is intended to assist these discussions by identifying key propositions around which a consensus could develop and exploring the various policy options that are available to NATO.
George Shultz and Sam Nunn Express Strong Support for New START Treaty
July 14, 2010
NTI
George Shultz and Sam Nunn
Op-eds/Statements
Former Secretary of State George Shultz and former Senator Sam Nunn have sent letters to Chairman John Kerry and Ranking Member Richard Lugar of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressing their strong support for the New START Treaty. Read the letter to Senator Kerry. Read the letter to Senator Lugar.
A road map for a nuclear free world
June 23, 2010
JoongAng Daily
South Korean Prime Minister and former Minister for Unification Lee Hong-koo, former South Korean Foreign Minister and former Ambassador to U.S. Han Sung-joo, former Speaker of the South Korean Parliament Park Kwan-yong and former South Korean Army C
Op-eds/Statements
Former South Korean officials fully endorsed the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons as proposed by the four U.S. statesmen. Read the op-ed.
Non-Nuclear Factors of Nuclear Disarmament
(Ballistic Missile Defense, High-Precision Conventional Weapons, Space Arms)
June 22, 2010
IMEMO
Alexei Arbatov, Vladimir Dvorkin, Sergey Oznobishchev
Reports/Studies
To achieve deep reduction of nuclear weapons, a whole range of complicated issues needs to be resolved. From the viewpoint of priority, ballistic missile defense is at the top of the list of these issues, with its relevance significantly increased after the US withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty) and the appearance of the plans to deploy the elements of the US global ballistic missile defense system in Europe. For quite a time there have been various discussions and proposals on the practical forms of cooperation between the US, Russia and NATO in the sphere of BMD. Alongside with a number of joint official declarations, such cooperation manifested itself in a series of joint computer-assisted command exercises on non-strategic BMD, both in the bilateral (USRussia) and multilateral (NATO-Russia) format. In other words, the parties have quite clearly expressed their intention to cooperate.
Reducing the Role of NATO's Nuclear Weapons
June 1, 2010
Royal United Services Institute
Simon Lunn
Reports/Studies
In reassessing their role, NATO will have to reconcile the traditional tasks of deterrence and defence with the challenges posed by proliferation and the consequent commitment to reducing and eliminating the role of nuclear weapons. Balancing the frequently competing demands of deterrence and disarmament was a familiar problem for NATO during the Cold War. However, today's NATO is a larger alliance with a broader and more diverse set of concerns and perspectives to accommodate.
