No. 232: New Challenges in Nuclear Arms Control

Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Lisa Watanabe
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Matthias Bieri, Fabien Merz, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 232
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Place: Zurich

A return to nuclear arms control would be a sensible move at this point in time. However, this would require taking into account the differences between the Cold War era and the current day: The replacement of nuclear bipolarity by multipolarity and the linkage with non-nuclear military developments. Moreover, for the foreseeable future, there is little prospect of political leadership in arms control.

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