NEW Young Deep Cuts Policy Brief #3 Revitalizing U.S.-Russia Arms Control: An Integrated Approach
An ambitious U.S.-Russia arms control agenda must aim for a successful bilateral strategic stability dialogue and move towards global nuclear risk reduction through utilizing the P5 process and engaging NATO. The new Young Deep Cuts Policy Briefs shows how progress can be made.
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NEW Young Deep Cuts Policy Brief #2 From NATO to NPT and Beyond: Diversifying Debates, Expanding Nuclear Mindsets
Nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states alike should envision an inclusive and open discussion on the principal drivers of the Humanitarian Initiative rather than focusing on the (in)compatibility between the TPNW and the NPT. The tenth NPT Review Conference in 2022 presents an opportunity to make progress on some of the issues at stake.
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Statement by the Deep Cuts Commission - How the U.S.-Russian Strategic Stability Dialogue Can and Must Make Progress
For decades, the United States and Soviet Union (later Russia) have co-existed in a dangerous state of mutual nuclear vulnerability that requires effective dialogue, military restraint, and bold action to achieve deep cuts in their massive nuclear stockpiles.
It is in the interest of both sides that the Strategic Stability Dialogue (SSD) is effective and productive. In order to seize opportunities to reduce nuclear dangers, both sides need to move swiftly and decisively. A top priority has to be the search for a follow-on agreement or agreements to the 2010 New START Treaty, the last remaining bilateral treaty capping the world’s two largest arsenals, before it expires in early 2026.
Read the full Statement by the Deep Cuts Commission outlining next steps here
NEW Young Deep Cuts Policy Brief #1 Immediate Priorities for US-Russian Arms Control
As arms control discussions commence in the US-Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue, Russia and the United States need to find compromise on some of the most difficult issue areas of future negotiations: long-range precision-guided weapons, missile defense systems, and non-strategic nuclear weapons.
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Deep Cuts Briefing on Missile Defense
Deep Cuts Briefing to Launch the new Working Paper on "Missile Defense and the Offense-Defense Relationship"
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REGISTER NOW: Briefing on Missile Defense and the Offense-Defense Relationship
Missile Defense and the Offense-Defense Relationship
Launch Event
Deep Cuts Working Paper
on
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
at
10:30 AM Washington, D.C.
04:30 PM Berlin
05:30 PM Moscow
Missile defenses remain an obstacle to U.S.-Russia agreement on a new nuclear arms control accord. Both sides will need to address the offense-defense relationship in the Strategic Stability Dialogue, agreed by President Joseph Biden and Vladimir Putin at their June 2021 Geneva summit.
A new and comprehensive Deep Cuts Commission Working Paper by Andrey Baklitskiy, James Cameron and Steven Pifer takes a deep dive at the problem of missile defenses. The three renowned experts review how missile defenses affect strategic stability and offer practical suggestions to limit the uncertainty over future missile defense capabilities.
What could such measures look like? How can Russia and the United States avoid new arms races? At what point should China be brought into discussions on the offensive-defense relationship? How would a possible Russia-U.S. agreement affect NATO missile defenses? What role can Europeans play in managing offense-defense relationships?
The event will provide an opportunity to discuss with the three authors these questions as well as the conclusions and recommendations of their Deep Cuts Working paper.
The discussion will be moderated by Maren Vieluf, researcher at the IFSH Berlin office.
Please register in advance for this webinar:
https://ifsh-de.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fI7VgssERm-kaarv7zCQTg
NEW Deep Cuts Working Paper #14 Missile Defense and the Offense-Defense Relationship
Missile defenses remain an obstacle to U.S.-Russia agreement on a new nuclear arms control accord. Both sides will need to address the offense-defense relationship in the Strategic Stability Dialogue, agreed by President Joseph Biden and Vladimir Putin at their June 2021 Geneva summit.
Read the Deep Cuts Working Paper here
Launch of the new Young Deep Cuts Commission
The new Young Deep Cuts Commission (YDCC) is a group of twelve young arms control experts from Germany, Russia, and the United States. The Young Deep Cuts Commissioners come from diverse academic and professional backgrounds and share a commitment to improving international peace and security through arms control and disarmament. The Young Deep Cuts Commission develops fresh ideas to strengthen and revitalize nuclear arms control and disarmament and promotes them through publications and outreach activities.
Learn more about the work of the YDCC and keep up with its latest activities on Twitter: @YoungDeepCuts
