Comment | Stellungnahme

The end of the INF Treaty is looming: a new nuclear arms race can still be prevented

President Trump wants to terminate the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed in 1987. Its aim was to end the nuclear deployment race between the US and the then Soviet Union in Europe. Trump justified his intention by accusing Russia of violating the Treaty. Moscow denies this and also accuses Washington of being in breach of the Treaty. Trump has argued that China’s INF potential is also jeopardising the US's strategic position. However, this unilateral move by Washington contradicts NATO's recent positions. If the US were to withdraw from the INF Treaty, another cornerstone of the European security order and the global nuclear order would col­lapse. Unpredictability and destabilisation would increase. Europe must resolutely oppose the threat of a new nuclear arms race. It should insist on verifying the accu­sations from both sides under transparent and cooperative conditions and, if neces­sary, agree on additional stabilisation measures in order to preserve the Treaty or limit the consequences of a US withdrawal. (author's abstract)

The end of the INF Treaty is looming: a new nuclear arms race can still be prevented

Urheber*in: Richter, Wolfgang

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Alternative title
Der INF-Vertrag vor dem Aus: ein neuer nuklearer Rüstungswettlauf könnte dennoch verhindert werden
ISSN
1861-1761
Extent
Seite(n): 8
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
SWP Comment (4/2019)

Subject
Internationale Beziehungen
Politikwissenschaft
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Kernwaffe
NATO
Rüstungsbegrenzung
Sicherheitspolitik
Rüstungskontrolle
Russland
Mittelstreckenwaffe
USA
internationales Abkommen
internationale Beziehungen
Rüstungswettlauf

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Richter, Wolfgang
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
(where)
Deutschland, Berlin
(when)
2019

DOI
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-61510-9
Rights
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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Object type

  • Stellungnahme

Associated

  • Richter, Wolfgang
  • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Time of origin

  • 2019

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