In the fourth episode of The Arms Control Poseur, host William Alberque is joined by Mallory Stewart, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability at the US Department of State. Stewart offers a comprehensive analysis of the current US–Russia arms-control landscape, including the challenges and strategic responses in the face of treaty suspensions and global security concerns. She delves into the pandemic-era cessation of inspections, Russia's suspension of treaty obligations, and the US's countermeasures to ensure compliance. Stewart also discusses broader efforts to engage China and the P5 in risk-reduction initiatives, highlighting this period as a crucial inflection point in global security. This episode is essential for anyone interested in the intricacies of international diplomacy, arms control, and the ongoing efforts to maintain global stability.
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Date of Recording: 23 June 2023
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Episode background reading:
Mike Albertson, Nikolai Sokov, ‘Beyond New START: Two Forecasts for Future Russian-US Arms Control’, International Institute for Strategic Studies, 25 April 2023, https://www.iiss.org/research-paper/2023/04/beyond-new-start-forecasts-for-future-russian-us-arms-control/.
Shannon Bugos, ‘US-Russia Nuclear Arms Control’, Arms Control Association, July/August 2023, https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2023-07/news/russia-consider-us-arms-control-proposal.
Rose Gottemoeller and Marshall L. Brown Jr., ‘Legal Aspects of Russia’s New START Suspension Provide Opportunities for US Policy Makers’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2 March 2023, https://thebulletin.org/2023/03/legal-aspects-of-russias-new-start-suspension-provide-opportunities-for-us-policy-makers/.
Links:
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