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Although the geopolitical rationale for the arrangement is understandable, the parties have failed to come to terms with its core problems.
The resulting framework may look very different from arms control of the past. But it would be better than a future in which proliferation proceeds in the absence of any shared guardrails for handling the most dangerous weapons in the world.
Iran is posing a number of geopolitical challenges to European security. In response, the EU should support Iranian civil society and work on a regional security scheme that can also address Iran’s continued violations of international norms.
New types of missiles, an adversarial NATO-Russia relationship, and the ever-present threat of inadvertent escalation make it necessary to start thinking anew how verifiable arms control with Russia may look like in the future.
By choosing to emulate certain aspects of U.S. nuclear policy and diverge from others, North Korea is attempting to simultaneously demonstrate a willingness to escalate a conflict while projecting an image of a responsible nuclear possessor that should be accommodated as such in the international system.
Although Russia’s war has created nuclear risks, the risk that it will unleash a wave of nuclear proliferation is lower than many believe.
The current situation in Ukraine is a painful reminder that nuclear weapons are to global security what fossil fuels are to a green economy: a costly legacy of past generations thwarting justice and sustainability efforts in the long-term.
Expeditious action by the IAEA Secretariat and Board of Governors could help significantly reduce the odds of a nuclear accident at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
As frustrating as it may be, shutting the door on negotiations with Iran has few advantages.
All of this regional activity is happening with the U.S. quietly coordinating in the background, encouraging some moves while discouraging or ignoring others (such as the overtures to Assad), but overall engaging in much more diplomacy across the region ahead of the nuclear talks with Iran that resumed this week after a five-month hiatus.