No. 89: Nuclear Disarmament

No. 89: Nuclear Disarmament

A Slow March on a Long Road

Author(s): Liviu Horovitz
Editor(s): Daniel Trachsler
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 89
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2011

The latest bilateral treaty addressing Russian and American strategic nuclear forces will most likely be the last major step towards disarmament in a while. Further negotiations between Washington and Moscow will prove very difficult, the remaining nuclear weapons possessors appear unwilling to reduce their atomic arsenals, and multilateral agreements seem unpromising for now. Patience is the key word on the long road towards a world free of nuclear weapons.

Graphics:

Enlarged view:
US and Russian Strategic Nuclear Warheads, 1945-2010
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