Russia’s War and the Global Nuclear Order

Russia’s War and the Global Nuclear Order

Author(s): Névine Schepers
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Volume: 10
Issue: 6
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Russia’s war in Ukraine, conducted behind the shield of nuclear deterrence and the threat of escalation, has increased the salience of nuclear weapons worldwide. It endangers the multilateral norms and processes in place to prevent nuclear proliferation and complicates any near-term prospects for disarmament.
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