Briefing - The NATO summit, the US-Russian summit and the future of nuclear arms control

NATO Heads of State and Government will gather on 14 June in Brussels to initiate the process leading to a new Alliance Strategic Concept. Two days later, on 16 June, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden will meet in Geneva and discuss how to restore predictability and stability in Russian-US relations, including through new bilateral Strategic Stability talks.

Abstract

What are the implications of these meetings for future discussions on nuclear arms control? What can and what should we expect for future nuclear reductions? How are discussions on the Alliance’s deterrence and defence posture linked to the US-Russia bilateral track? How can Europeans ensure that Washington and Moscow take their interests into account?

One week ahead of the NATO summit, we discussed these and related questions with three distinguished members of the Deep Cuts Commission, namely Sarah Bidgood, Ambassador Walter J. Schmid and Andrei Zagorski, moderated by Oliver Meier.

Authors

  • Andrei Zagorski

    Andrei Zagorski is Head of the Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolution, Center for International Security at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a Professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), where he served as Vice-Rector (1992-1999).

  • Sarah Bidgood

    holds the Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship at the MIT Center for International Studies. Prior to that she directed the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

    follow@sbidgood

We value your privacy, and we prioritize its protection.

This website utilizes cookies to enable access to external services like Twitter and YouTube. For further information, please refer to our privacy policy.