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Is the Russian Avangard Hypersonic ICBM a Serious Threat? Or is This Just More Hype from Moscow?

Exactly how serious a threat Russia's Avangard hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is to the United States isn't entirely clear. The ICBM is reported to have both hypersonic speed and an ability to fly a “maneuvering” flight path through the atmosphere. Such a combination would make it considerably difficult to counter

The National Interest | #PRESS

Russian Expert Believes Moscow Sent Washington A Signal That It’s Time to Extend New START

By laying out the conditions under which Moscow reserves the right to a nuclear strike, Russia sent the US a signal that the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START treaty) needs to be extended, Russian military expert and retired Major General Vladimir Dvorkin told Interfax on Tuesday

Interfax - AVN | #PRESS

The Postponement of the NPT Review Conference. Antagonisms, Conflicts and Nuclear Risks After the Pandemic

The new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has already inflicted great damage on a number of nations and on the world at large, resulting not only in many tens of thousands of deaths but also in economic, financial and social crises. It also forced the international community to cancel or postpone a number of important meetings, including big international conferences. One such victim, unfortunately, is the 10th conference to review the operation of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – a central pillar in the current architecture of nuclear arms control and disarmament

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | #PRESS

Exclusive: Envoy Says China Is Key to New Arms Deal with Russia

The United States is unlikely to extend the New START arms treaty with Russia by next year’s deadline unless China is also part of the deal, the Trump administration’s new presidential envoy for arms control said

Washington Times | #PRESS

The World May End Up with No Agreement to Limit Nuclear Weapons

The United States hasn’t decided whether or not it needs the New START to be extended Less than a year is left before the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) expires. Alexey Arbatov, Head of the Center for International Security at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations and a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke about the arms control situation to NG-Diplomatic Courier editor-in-chief Yuri Paniev

Nezavisimaya Gazeta | #PRESS

Useful Guarantees: Why Russia and the United States Should Extend the New Start

The New START expires in February 2021. An extension is possible, but it all depends on the political will of the Americans Little time remains to make a decision on the New START. The bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States, fundamental to nuclear safety, contains an automatic extension provision: six months before the expiration date, the parties must notify each other of their willingness or unwillingness to extend the treaty.

RBC, Evgeny Buzhinsky | #PRESS

US-Russia Nuclear War Would Kill 34 Million People Within Hours And Is Increasingly Likely, Princeton Study Concludes

Risk of catastrophic conflict has risen ‘dramatically in the past two years’, academics warn More than 90 million people would be killed or injured in a nuclear war between the US and Russia if a conventional conflict went too far, according to a new simulation created by researchers.

Independent.co.uk | #PRESS

Former U.S. Defence Secretary Pleads for Nuclear Cooperation

William J. Perry, who was defence secretary under President Clinton, told a nuclear conference in Rome recently that the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists had quantified the risk of a nuclear conflict by setting its nuclear disaster clock at two minutes to midnight for a second year in a row. That was "closer to catastrophe than any year of the Cold War except 1954," Dr Perry told the conference.

italianinsider.it | #PRESS
Nuclear Nightmares Shall Not Become a Reality

Nuclear Nightmares Shall Not Become a Reality

A documentary devoted to the Luxembourg Forum's Supervisory Board meeting in Geneva

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

Dr. Moshe Kantor on US Withdrawal from Iran Agreement

Dr. Moshe Kantor on US Withdrawal from Iran Agreement

Luxembourg Forum experts on the extension of the New START

Luxembourg Forum experts on the extension of the New START

The START 3 expires in February 2021,but the parties have not yet been able to agree on an extension

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Exclusive: U.S. to Slap Sanctions on Over Two Dozen Targets Tied to Iran Arms

The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, a senior U.S. official said, putting teeth behind U.N. sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies and adversaries

Reuters | #NEWS

Statement by the President of the International Luxembourg Forum Dr Viatcheslav Kantor on the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing

Seventy-five years ago saw the first, and so far the last, use of nuclear weapons on our planet. In succeeding years, however, a cold war and an historically unprecedented arms race were un-leashed between states and the world stood witness to an accu-mulation of nuclear capabilities which superseded by a million times the devastating force of the first two atomic bombs that struck the two Japanese cities

Viatcheslav Kantor | #PRESS-RELEASES

Luxembourg Forum Experts Recommend Heads of Great Powers Take Whatever Measures Are Necessary to Resolve Crisis over Iran’s Nuclear Program

On July 14, 2020, the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe held an online conference, A New Iranian Crisis: Stopping Escalation, which focused on the status of the Iranian nuclear program and threats posed by its further development

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Summary of the online Conference of the Luxembourg Forum

An online conference of the International Luxembourg Forum on the extension of New START and the concept of a possible follow-on agreement was held on June 4, 2020. The discussion saw participation of the leading scientists and experts in the field of arms control and nuclear non-proliferation

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Trump Envoy to Begin Nuclear Talks with Russia As Key Treaty Hangs in the Balance

The last major treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear might hangs in the balance as the Trump administration pushes to replace it with a long-shot arms-control pact that also includes China five months before the U.S. presidential election

The Washington Post | #NEWS

The President of the Russian Federation signed the Executive Order N 355 “On the Fundamentals of Russia’s Nuclear Deterrence State Policy”

These Fundamentals are a strategic planning document in the field of defense and reflect official views on the essence of nuclear deterrence. As this document states, the policy of the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear deterrence is defensive in nature, aimed at maintaining the potential of nuclear forces at a level sufficient to ensure nuclear deterrence, and guarantees the protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state, deterrence of a potential adversary from aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies

Kremlin.ru | #NEWS

The Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe Meets in Geneva

Members of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum discussed the most important issues related to strategic stability and the crisis in arms control and nuclear non-proliferation

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The Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe to Hold a Meeting in Geneva

On December 4-5, 2019, a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe will convene in Geneva. Members of the Supervisory Board and attending experts will discuss major and most pressing issues on today’s agenda, including crisis of arms control and non-proliferation, ways to prevent an arms race in the absence of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, issues related to maintaining strategic arms control after 2021, and strategic and regional stability.

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WASHINGTON DELIBERATELY INSTIGATING TEHRAN TO VIOLATE JCPOA, SAYS EXPERT

"I think it's a mistake to fall into the trap put by [US President Donald] Trump and [National Security Advisor John] Bolton, because they are pushing to violate the JCPOA in frustration," the expert said on the sidelines of a conference of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe.

TASS | #PRESS

Participants of the International Luxembourg Forum’s Conference in Rome Meet with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin

(VATICAN, June 5, 2019) Participants of the International Luxembourg Forum’s conference in Rome, leading experts in nuclear security, nuclear arms reduction, control and non-proliferation from the United States, Russia, France, Sweden, Canada, Australia and other countries were received by the Vatican Secretary of State His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, as part of the dialogue and joint initiatives of the Luxembourg Forum and the Holy See.

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Is the Russian Avangard Hypersonic ICBM a Serious Threat? Or is This Just More Hype from Moscow?

Exactly how serious a threat Russia's Avangard hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is to the United States isn't entirely clear. The ICBM is reported to have both hypersonic speed and an ability to fly a “maneuvering” flight path through the atmosphere. Such a combination would make it considerably difficult to counter

The National Interest | #PRESS

Russian Expert Believes Moscow Sent Washington A Signal That It’s Time to Extend New START

By laying out the conditions under which Moscow reserves the right to a nuclear strike, Russia sent the US a signal that the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START treaty) needs to be extended, Russian military expert and retired Major General Vladimir Dvorkin told Interfax on Tuesday

Interfax - AVN | #PRESS

The Postponement of the NPT Review Conference. Antagonisms, Conflicts and Nuclear Risks After the Pandemic

The new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has already inflicted great damage on a number of nations and on the world at large, resulting not only in many tens of thousands of deaths but also in economic, financial and social crises. It also forced the international community to cancel or postpone a number of important meetings, including big international conferences. One such victim, unfortunately, is the 10th conference to review the operation of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – a central pillar in the current architecture of nuclear arms control and disarmament

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | #PRESS

Exclusive: Envoy Says China Is Key to New Arms Deal with Russia

The United States is unlikely to extend the New START arms treaty with Russia by next year’s deadline unless China is also part of the deal, the Trump administration’s new presidential envoy for arms control said

Washington Times | #PRESS

The World May End Up with No Agreement to Limit Nuclear Weapons

The United States hasn’t decided whether or not it needs the New START to be extended Less than a year is left before the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) expires. Alexey Arbatov, Head of the Center for International Security at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations and a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke about the arms control situation to NG-Diplomatic Courier editor-in-chief Yuri Paniev

Nezavisimaya Gazeta | #PRESS

Useful Guarantees: Why Russia and the United States Should Extend the New Start

The New START expires in February 2021. An extension is possible, but it all depends on the political will of the Americans Little time remains to make a decision on the New START. The bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States, fundamental to nuclear safety, contains an automatic extension provision: six months before the expiration date, the parties must notify each other of their willingness or unwillingness to extend the treaty.

RBC, Evgeny Buzhinsky | #PRESS

US-Russia Nuclear War Would Kill 34 Million People Within Hours And Is Increasingly Likely, Princeton Study Concludes

Risk of catastrophic conflict has risen ‘dramatically in the past two years’, academics warn More than 90 million people would be killed or injured in a nuclear war between the US and Russia if a conventional conflict went too far, according to a new simulation created by researchers.

Independent.co.uk | #PRESS

Former U.S. Defence Secretary Pleads for Nuclear Cooperation

William J. Perry, who was defence secretary under President Clinton, told a nuclear conference in Rome recently that the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists had quantified the risk of a nuclear conflict by setting its nuclear disaster clock at two minutes to midnight for a second year in a row. That was "closer to catastrophe than any year of the Cold War except 1954," Dr Perry told the conference.

italianinsider.it | #PRESS

We Still Can’t ‘Win’ a Nuclear War. Pretending We Could Is a Dangerous Fantasy

For nearly five decades, the Cold War nuclear standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union threatened to unleash a devastating nuclear war at almost any time. The worst danger came when officials on both sides argued that a nuclear war could be fought, and sought the means to win such a conflict. Alarmingly, the idea of nuclear warfighting is back in vogue under the current administration. It must again be rejected

Washingtonpost.com | #PRESS

We Must Pull Back From This Nuclear Precipice

Without diplomacy, the world’s major powers risk a renewed nuclear arms race, warns Dr. Kantor, Founder of The International Luxembourg Forum. The reaction to the airing of the HBO series “Chernobyl,” dramatizing the most disastrous nuclear power plant accident in history, and to the news of President Trump’s aborted strike on Iran, amply shows the potential for horrific widescale nuclear catastrophe and the public’s desire to know the true extent of the risk.

commentcentral.co.uk | #PRESS
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Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum "Arms Control: the Burden of Changes". Rome, June 4-5, 2019
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Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum "Arms Control: the Burden of Changes". Rome, June 4-5, 2019

Meeting of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum. Geneva, December 4-5, 2019
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Meeting of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum. Geneva, December 4-5, 2019

Meeting of the participants of the Luxembourg Forum’s Conference in Rome with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin
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Meeting of the participants of the Luxembourg Forum’s Conference in Rome with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin

Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum "Nuclear Strategies and Strategic Stability". Geneva, June 11-12, 2018
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Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum "Nuclear Strategies and Strategic Stability". Geneva, June 11-12, 2018

Presentation of a book by William Perry "My Journey at the Nuclear Brink" at Moscow Carnegie Center. Moscow, February 5, 2018
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Presentation of a book by William Perry "My Journey at the Nuclear Brink" at Moscow Carnegie Center. Moscow, February 5, 2018

10th Anniversary Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum "Topical Issues of Nuclear Non-Proliferation". Paris, October 9-10, 2017
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10th Anniversary Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum "Topical Issues of Nuclear Non-Proliferation". Paris, October 9-10, 2017

Presentation of the joint publication by the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe and the US-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), entitled 'Preventing the Crisis of the Nuclear Arms Control and Catastrophic Terrorism', at the Institute for World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the RAS. Moscow, April 20, 2017
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Presentation of the joint publication by the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe and the US-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), entitled 'Preventing the Crisis of the Nuclear Arms Control and Catastrophic Terrorism', at the Institute for World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the RAS. Moscow, April 20, 2017

Presentation of the joint publication by the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe and the US-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), entitled 'Preventing the Crisis of the Nuclear Arms Control and Catastrophic Terrorism', at Washington D.C.
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Presentation of the joint publication by the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe and the US-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), entitled 'Preventing the Crisis of the Nuclear Arms Control and Catastrophic Terrorism', at Washington D.C.

International Luxembourg Forum Supervisory Board meeting. London, December 6-7, 2016
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International Luxembourg Forum Supervisory Board meeting. London, December 6-7, 2016

London, 2016

Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum '30th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit – lessons of the past and the tasks for the future'. Amsterdam, June 7-8, 2016
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Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum '30th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit – lessons of the past and the tasks for the future'. Amsterdam, June 7-8, 2016

Press Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe. Moscow, December 9, 2015
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Press Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe. Moscow, December 9, 2015

Joint Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum and the Nuclear Threat Initiative 'Preventing the Crisis of Nuclear Arms Control and Catastrophic Terrorism'. Washington, December 1-2, 2015
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Joint Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum and the Nuclear Threat Initiative 'Preventing the Crisis of Nuclear Arms Control and Catastrophic Terrorism'. Washington, December 1-2, 2015

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Nuclear Nightmares Shall Not Become a Reality

Nuclear Nightmares Shall Not Become a Reality

A documentary devoted to the Luxembourg Forum's Supervisory Board meeting in Geneva

Dr. Moshe Kantor on US Withdrawal from Iran Agreement

Dr. Moshe Kantor on US Withdrawal from Iran Agreement

Luxembourg Forum experts on the extension of the New START

Luxembourg Forum experts on the extension of the New START

The START 3 expires in February 2021,but the parties have not yet been able to agree on an extension

Preventing Nuclear Conflict in Middle East

Preventing Nuclear Conflict in Middle East

What needs to be done to prevent a nuclear Holocaust

ILF Interview - Robert Legvold

ILF Interview - Robert Legvold

Member of the LF International Advisory Council Robert Legvold answers most important questions

ILF Interview - Pierre Lellouche

ILF Interview - Pierre Lellouche

Emeritus Board Member at the NTI Pierre Lellouche answers most burning issues of strategic stability

ILF Interview - Des Browne

ILF Interview - Des Browne

Member of the LF Supervisory Board Des Browne answers most important questions on nuclear security

ILF Interview - Alexey Arbatov

ILF Interview - Alexey Arbatov

Academician Alexey Arbatov on most pressing issues of strategic stability

ILF Interview - Sergio Duarte

ILF Interview - Sergio Duarte

Member of the LF Supervisory Board answers most burning questions on arms control & nuclear security

ILF Interview - Marianna Yevtodyeva

ILF Interview - Marianna Yevtodyeva

LF Youth Group Member Marianna Yevtodyeva answers questions on today's most burning nuclear issues

ILF Interview - William Potter

ILF Interview - William Potter

LF Supervisory Board member answers most burning questions of today's nuclear security

ILF Interview - Bruce Blair

ILF Interview - Bruce Blair

Member of the LF Supervisory Board answers most burning questions of today's nuclear security

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