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Global Security Through Nuclear Non-Proliferation. 10th Anniversary Album of the Luxembourg Forum

Prospects for Nuclear Arms Control

Proceedings of the online conference, 2021

The Intellectual Legacy of Academician Andrei Sakharov and the Issues of Strategic Stability

2020

Middle East Crisis: Scenarios and Opportunities

2020

Arms control: Burden of Change

Edited by Dr. Viatcheslav Kantor, 2019

Preventing the Erosion of Strategic Stability

2018

Topical Issues of Nuclear Non-proliferation

Paris, 2018

Revitalizing Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Moscow, 2017

Preventing the Crisis of the Nuclear Arms Control and Catastrophic Terrorism

Washington, 2015

Reykjavik summit: lessons for the future of US-Russian relations

Moscow, 2016

The limits of secure nuclear tolerance

Moscow, 2014

Secure tolerance criteria for the nuclear non-proliferation regime

Montreux, 2013

Perspectives of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament

Geneva, 2012

Contemporary problems of nuclear non-proliferation

Berlin, 2012

Manifesto on secure tolerance

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First Declaration of the Youth Group of the International Luxembourg Forum: New Voices

The International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe (ILF) has initiated a new project on establishing a Youth Group of the Forum. The Group will comprise of young professionals from different countries that have an understanding of, and interest in, the issues of arms control, nuclear non-proliferation and security. While the final composition of the Group has not yet been established, its first participants have already had a chance to meet and work together within the framework of the annual ILF Supervisory Board Meeting held in Geneva, December 4-5, 2019

Final Declaration of the Supervisory Board meeting of the International Luxembourg Forum. Geneva, December 4-5, 2019

Understanding that 2020 will be decisive for the nuclear arms control system and consequently for strategic stability, recognizing the efforts of the above mentioned organizations to prevent nuclear catastrophe and having deliberated as a conference on June 4-5 in Rome and as a Supervisory Board on December 4-5 in Geneva, we propose the following Road Map for these most urgent actions

Final Declaration of the Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum "Arms Control: the Burden of Changes". Rome, June 4-5, 2019

Final declaration of the 10th Anniversary International Luxembourg Forum conference in Paris, October 9-10, 2017

The participants of the 10th Anniversary Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe wish to communicate their extreme concern about the present state of international security

Final Declaration of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum "Ensuring Breakthrough In Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation".

London, 2016

Final Document of the Joint Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

Washington, 2015

Resolution 2231 (2015), adopted by the UN Security Council and its 7488th meeting, on 20 July 2015

Final Document of the Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing of Nuclear Catastrophe

Stockholm, 2015

Final declaration of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe

Prague, 2014

Declaration of the Round Table of the International Luxembourg Forum “Towards Progress In Nuclear Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation”

Geneva, 2014

Declaration of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe

Warsaw, 2013

Final declaration of the International Luxembourg Forum Conference “Safe Tolerance Criteria for Nuclear Non-proliferation Regimes”

Montreux, 2013

Final Document of the Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing of Nuclear Catastrophe

Geneva, 2012

Declaration of the Fifth Anniversary Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum “Contemporary Problems of Nuclear Non-Proliferation”

Berlin, 2012

Declaration of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum.

Moscow, 2010

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05.10.2021

One Man Shouldn’t Control The Nuclear Button

Congress should require consultation, so generals wouldn’t have to break the rules to save the world Gen. Mark Milley is being criticized for taking actions to forestall the possibility of an inappropriate nuclear launch order by President Trump. The criticism is based on steps the general allegedly took, as described in Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s new book, “Peril.” Gen. Milley was ostensibly concerned that Mr. Trump was unstable and might order a nuclear launch for political reasons. The general told Congress last month that because he believed China had unwarranted worries of a U.S. attack, he acted to “de-escalate” the situation and contacted his Chinese counterparts to indicate that no attack was planned.

William Perry | #PRESS

18.08.2021

Iran and the Complicated History of the Nuclear Deal

In May of 2018, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and in May of the following year Iran gradually began violating its commitments under the JCPOA. On December 1, 2020, the Iranian Majles passed the Strategic Action Plan to Lift Sanctions and Protect Iranian Nation’s Interests, a bill which demanded that the United States lift all sanctions against Iran by February 21, 2021. If the United States failed to do so, Tehran threatened to abandon the Additional Protocol to its safeguards agreement with the IAEA and step up its nuclear activity. And that is exactly what happened. Today, Iran barely complies with the Additional Protocol.

Vladimir Sazhin | #PRESS

13.07.2021

Leadership Groups Call on China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and United States to Jointly Reaffirm: “A Nuclear War Cannot Be Won and Must Never Be Fought”

Representatives of the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG), the European Leadership Network (ELN), the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN), and The Elders call on China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to jointly reaffirm: "A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought."

Europeanleadershipnetwork.org | #PRESS

01.07.2021

Quo Vadis

Russia and the United States showed that, even during periods of increased tension, they are capable of mitigating the risks of military conflicts and the threat of nuclear war The Geneva meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden had several dimensions.

Rossijskaya Gazeta, Igor Ivanov | #PRESS

08.06.2021

High-Level Group Issues Appeal to Biden and Putin to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Dangers

High-Level Group Issues Appeal to Biden and Putin to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Dangers Call for Results-Oriented Dialogue to Rediscover the Road to a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (Washington and Moscow)—In advance of the first summit between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joseph R. Biden in Geneva on June 16, a group of American and Russian organizations, international nuclear policy experts, and former senior officials have issued an appeal to the two Presidents. It calls upon them, in their discussions on strategic stability, to take meaningful steps to reduce the risk of nuclear war and make further progress on nuclear arms control

Pugwash.org | #PRESS

07.06.2021

Statement by Dr. Moshe Kantor the President of the Luxembourg Forum

The International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe held a conference "Prospects for Nuclear Arms Control" in May 2021. Dr. Moshe Kantor, President of the International Luxembourg Forum, made a statement during the conference on the most burning issues of today's global security, strategic stability and non-proliferation.

Associated Press | #PRESS

06.06.2021

Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG): Advancing strategic stability in the Euro-Atlantic region, 2021 and beyond

Today, there is a growing risk of—and a potentially catastrophic inattention to—a security crisis involving an escalation or miscalculation leading to nuclear use. Beginning next weekend at the G7 summit and proceeding through next week’s NATO, US-EU, and US-Russia summit meetings, leaders will have a rare opportunity to advance multilateral dialogue, principles and practical steps to improve mutual security at a precarious moment

Europeanleadershipnetwork.org | #PRESS

20.05.2021

Speech by the President of the Luxembourg Forum Dr. Viatcheslav Kantor at the Conference at the Luxembourg Forum “Prospects for Nuclear Arms Control”. May 20, 2021

Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues and friends! As usual, I wish you good morning, good afternoon and good evening! I am very pleased to welcome the distinguished members of the Supervisory Board of the Forum - Sam Nunn, Bill Perry, Rose Gottemoeller, Bill Potter, and of course Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, who has agreed both to participate and to speak. I also welcome the presence here today of some of the world's leading American and Russian experts on the issues planned for discussion.

Viatcheslav Kantor | SPEECH

14.05.2021

The Safest Place To Ride Out A Nuclear War? Maybe Moscow

Moscow has an enormous missile shield that may be impenetrable, or totally dysfunctional Here's What You Need to Remember: There is apparently a plan to revamp Russia’s ABM capabilities. The system, tentatively called the A-235, will be designed to address shortcomings in the previous generation of Soviet/Russian ABM systems that does not adequately protect against hypersonic missiles

Nationalinterest.org | #PRESS

03.05.2021

Failure To Improve Us-China Relations ‘Risks Cold War’, Warns Kissinger

Veteran diplomat also says advances in nuclear technology and artificial intelligence – where China and the US are both leaders – have multiplied the doomsday threat Former US national security adviser Henry Kissinger has warned that strains between Washington and Beijing pose “the biggest problem” for the world, and a failure to improve them risks a “cold war” between the world’s two largest economies.

The Guardian (website) | #PRESS

25.04.2021

How Cyber Ops Increase The Risk Of Accidental Nuclear War

Five factors exacerbate a U.S.-Chinese security dilemma The risk of the United States and China going to war, leading to a nuclear exchange, is growing by the day. Cyber operations by either or both countries increase the risk significantly, as each side is tempted to use cyber tools to gain warning and an early edge in a crisis

Defenseone.com, George Perkovich and Ariel Levite | #PRESS

22.04.2021

$264b for ICBMs that Would Be Destroyed In The Ground? No, thanks

Creating a spiffy new “nuclear sponge” makes neither fiscal nor strategic sense The Biden administration is spending trillions of dollars to address the most pressing challenges we face, such as the pandemic, aging infrastructure and climate change. And the more the administration spends, the more the public has a right to ask where this money will come from

Defenseone.com, William J. Perry and Tom Z.Collina | #PRESS

15.04.2021

Statement From Ernest Moniz, Sam Nunn, And Joan Rohlfing Of The Nuclear Threat Initiative On The Nomination Of Jill Hruby To Lead The National Nuclear Security Administration

“We heartily endorse President Biden’s nomination of Jill Hruby as Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). It’s hard to imagine a better candidate: an experienced leader deeply invested in how the Department of Energy and NNSA contribute to U.S. national security, a proven manager whose thorough understanding of the weapons laboratories will enable her to guide and oversee their work, and a scientist with a deep technical background, who can communicate as easily with engineers and scientists, as with policymakers and the public

Nuclear Threat Initiative | #PRESS

30.03.2021

Building On George Shultz’s Vision Of A World Without Nukes

Most Americans are too young to remember the fear and dread of an atom bomb or nuclear crisis For the past 15 years, the three of us and a distinguished group of American and international former officials and experts have been deftly and passionately led by our late friend and colleague, George Shultz. Our mission: reversing the world’s reliance on nuclear weapons, to prevent their proliferation into potentially dangerous hands, and ultimately ending them as a threat to the world. Without a bold vision, practical actions toward that goal won’t be perceived as fair or urgent. Without action, the vision won’t be perceived as realistic or possible.

Wall Street Journal | #PRESS

23.03.2021

Future Defense Spending: Nuclear Modernization

Almost every US nuclear delivery system, missile, and warhead will require some kind of modernization over the next 10 to 20 years. Key elements of the nuclear command-and-control system and nuclear warhead infrastructure will too. In addition, the administration of President Trump decided to begin work on the development of a new high-yield SLBM warhead, the W93, and a new nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM) with a low-yield option

Carnegie Endowment, James Acton | #PRESS

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