Posts with Tag: United States

Europe at a Crossroads 

22 February 2026 • 
Following the publication of the new US National Security Strategy (NSS) and Europe’s reaction to it, VCDNP Senior Research Associate Federica Dall’Arche in an article for Formiche examines the fracture in the transatlantic relations, arguing that it reflects a longer-term strategic shift rather than a sudden change.
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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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Strategic Missile Defence: Evolving Technical and Policy Challenges

2 June 2025 • 
The VCDNP hosted a seminar featuring Professor James Wells of the University of Michigan, who presented findings from a comprehensive American Physical Society report on the technical and strategic challenges facing US ballistic missile defence systems.
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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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Death Dust: The Rise, Decline and Future of Radiological Weapons Programmes

21 June 2024 • 
The VCDNP hosted a seminar on State radiological weapons programmes, informed by the recently published book Death Dust, including past case studies and prospects for their future regulation.
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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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Naval Nuclear Propulsion and IAEA Safeguards: A View from the PrepCom

26 September 2023 • 
Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew comments on how the AUKUS partnership was addressed at the 2023 NPT PrepCom and how it may be seen at the 2023 IAEA General Conference.
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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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What’s Next for the AUKUS Submarine Deal?

Following the AUKUS countries’ announcement of their intention to move forward with the provision of nuclear powered submarines to Australia, Research Associate Noah Mayhew published his analysis in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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Dr. Nikolai Sokov: "Russia is deploying nuclear weapons in Belarus. NATO shouldn’t take the bait."

27 April 2023 • 
Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov comments in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the recently announced nuclear sharing arrangement with Belarus.
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US-Russian Relations Can Still Get Worse

24 February 2023 • 
Senior Research Associate Dr. Hanna Notte writes for War on the Rocks on the end of compartmentalisation in US-Russian relations.
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Challenges and Prospects for Further U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control

8 February 2023 • 
Senior Research Associate Dr. Hanna Notte spoke at a briefing on the future of the New START Treaty.
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