Lessons Learned and Not Learned from Cold War Arms Control Negotiations
2 July 2025 •
Publications, Reports and Papers
VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov reflects on lessons about arms control from the 1970s and 1980s in a short paper. Some lessons learned then could be usefully applied to the present day, others were missed and need to be re-learned.
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VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov reflects on lessons about arms control from the 1970s and 1980s in a short paper. Some lessons learned then could be usefully applied to the present day, others were missed and need to be re-learned.
Senior Research Associate Dr. Hanna Notte and CNS Director of the Middle East Nonproliferation Program Dr. Chen Zak Kane launched the Arms Control and Regional Security (ACRS) Oral History Project at a webinar with Ambassador Adam Scheinman and Dr. Christian Ostermann.
VCDNP Executive Director Elena Sokova spoke in a high-level conference on “strengthening international and regional cooperation in the field of disarmament,” organised by the government of Turkmenistan and the CTBTO.
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