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Record Nr.

UNINA9910693459403321

Autore

Blank Stephen <1950->

Titolo

Russia and arms control : are there opportunities for the Obama Administration

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Strategic Studies Institute U S Army War College, 2009

Descrizione fisica

xii, 173 pages : digital, PDF file

Disciplina

327.1/7470947

Soggetti

Arms control - Government policy - Russia (Federation)

Arms control - Government policy - United States

Ballistic missiles - United States

Ballistic missiles - Russia (Federation)

Security, International

Military & Naval Science

Law, Politics & Government

Military Science - General

United States Military relations Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) Military relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-172).

Nota di contenuto

Understanding the current impasse -- Russia's newly announced positions -- Analyzing Russian proposals -- START and Russia's strategic challenges -- Recommendations for the Obama administration.

Sommario/riassunto

Russo-American relations are generally acknowledged to be at an impasse. Arms control issues feature prominently in that conflicted agenda. Since the outbreak of the Russo-Georgian war in August 2008, both [Russia and the U.S.] have further hardened positions and raised tensions apart from the war itself and Russia's quite evident refusal to abide by its own cease-fire terms. Nevertheless, and for better or worse, arms control and its agenda will remain at the heart of the bilateral Russo-American relationship for a long time. Arms control and



disarmament issues are quintessentially political as well as military issues that are among the most critical components of the bilateral relationship and regional security in both Europe and Asia. For these reasons, neither the political nor the military aspect can be divorced from the other. And for these same reasons, we cannot refuse to participate in the bilateral effort to resolve those issues.