Posts with Tag: Arms Control

What the End of New START Means for Europe

17 February 2026 • 
In a commentary for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, VCDNP Senior Fellow, Angela Kane, examines the consequences of the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) for Europe.
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End of New START: Short- and Medium-Term Options

14 January 2026 • 
VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov analyses what will be lost with the passing of New START, as well as the proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue observing the Treaty’s quantitative and qualitative limits in the absence of a verification regime.
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Future Formats of Nuclear Arms Control 

18 December 2025 • 
VCDNP’s Noah Mayhew co-authored a Deep Cuts Commission brief with Dr. Tobias Fellah and Daria Selezneva on alternative approaches and formats for nuclear arms control.
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Nuclear Arms Control in Crisis: Time for Asia–Pacific to Step Up

A new Toda Peace Institute paper by John Carlson and John Tilemann warns that nuclear arms control is collapsing and calls on Asia–Pacific nations to take a lead in rebuilding the framework for restraint and dialogue.
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Launch Event: The History of PAROS & A Results-Oriented and Form-Flexible Approach to PAROS

8 September 2025 • 
The VCDNP presented its inaugural publications on space security at an online event, featuring presentations by Research Fellow Louis Reitmann and a panel discussion with leading governmental and non-governmental experts on the prevention of an arms race in outer space.
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The History of PAROS & A Results-Oriented and Form-Flexible Approach to PAROS

In two papers, Research Fellow Louis Reitmann provides a summary of multilateral processes for PAROS since 1978 and proposes a results-oriented and form-flexible approach to boost space threat reduction.
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Lessons Learned and Not Learned from Cold War Arms Control Negotiations

2 July 2025 • 
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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Reimagining Risk Reduction: Adapting Cold War Tools to Manage 21st Century Strategic Instability

5 March 2025 • 
The VCDNP hosted a webinar with VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov, Rose Gottemoeller, Sahil Shah, David Santoro, and Miles Pomper, who presented a new report analysing the next stage in the development of risk reduction tools to prevent nuclear escalation in an increasingly complex world.
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Reimagining Risk Reduction: Adapting Cold War Tools to Manage 21st Century Strategic Instability

VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov co-authored a report analysing existing risk reduction and confidence-building mechanisms and providing practical recommendations for further development of this system to better address new and emerging security challenges.
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Assessing the Prospects for Russia’s INF 2.0 Proposal

Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov co-authored and presented a report published by IISS on current arms control proposals and evaluated proposals by Russia for a replacement of the 1987 INF Treaty.
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The Future of NATO’s Nuclear Posture and Arms Control in Today’s More Dangerous World

25 September 2024 • 
Miles Pomper, David Santoro, and Dr. Nikolai Sokov published an occasional paper on the future of NATO’s nuclear posture and arms control in an international environment characterised by challenges that have emerged in recent years.
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We Must Act to Reduce Risk of Nuclear War

Non-Resident Senior Fellow John Carlson calls for urgent action to reduce the risk of nuclear war and work towards nuclear disarmament in The Korea Times.
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Russia's War on Ukraine: The Implications for the Global Nuclear Order

VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov and VCDNP Senior Research Associate Federica Dall’Arche contribute two chapters to the new book “Russia’s War on Ukraine: The Implications for the Global Nuclear Order”, published by Springer.
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Machiavelli in the Ivory Tower: Russia’s Nuclear Fever – A Conversation with Rose Gottemoeller

30 June 2023 • 
In the 8th episode of Machiavelli in the Ivory Tower, Dr. Hanna Notte and CNS' Sarah Bidgood speak with Rose Gottemoeller, who is the Steven C. Hazy lecturer at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC).
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The Eleventh NPT Review Cycle: Is There a Path Forward?

14 June 2023 • 
The VCDNP and CNS convened a high-level diplomatic workshop in Krems, Austria to discuss the upcoming NPT Preparatory Committee meeting.
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