The Ukraine crisis and broader deterioration in relations between Russia and the West has created a heightened danger of unintended clashes between Russian and NATO military forces, and continues to deflate hopes for near-term progress on nuclear arms control.
At the same time, arms control efforts could serve as a critical means of preventing the current tensions from having unintended consequences. Confidence-building and arms control measures can help facilitate an end to the conflict in Ukraine and arrest the slide of NATO and Russia toward a potentially more dangerous confrontation.
The second report of the Deep Cuts Commission offers fifteen …read more
Source: Brookings