Reimagining Risk Reduction: Adapting Cold War Tools to Manage 21st Century Strategic Instability

The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) cordially invites you to attend a webinar entitled “Reimagining Risk Reduction: Adapting Cold War Tools to Manage 21st Century Strategic Instability,” which will be held on Friday, 28 February 2025, from 16:00 to 17:30 Central European Time (CET) via Zoom.

The webinar will present the findings and recommendation of a report prepared by a group of authors led by VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov with support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and German Federal Foreign Office. The report analyzes the state of affairs in risk reduction and offers practical recommendations for their further development to better address new and emerging challenges to international security. 

The authors conclude that the complex and reasonably comprehensive system of risk reduction measures, which was created during the Cold War, is in crisis. They recommend the creation of a risk reduction network connecting all key decision-making centers and advocate the building of a “risk reduction culture” – a stable pattern of cooperative communication to enhance transparency, address concerns, and prevent crises.

Speakers:

• Representatives of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and German Federal Foreign Office
• Dr. Nikolai Sokov, Senior Fellow, VCDNP
• Sahil Shah, Senior Policy Advisor, Institute for Security and Technology
• David Santoro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Forum  

Discussant:

• Hon. Rose Gottemoeller, Lecturer and Research Fellow at Stanford University, former Deputy Secretary General of NATO and chief U.S. negotiator of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).

The webinar will be moderated by VCDNP Executive Director Elena K. Sokova.

Please register using the online registration link below.

The views expressed by the speakers do not necessarily reflect those of the VCDNP.