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How The West Became Less Anxious About Russia’s Nuclear Threat

Despite sabre-rattling US and allies believe deploying such weapons would be too risky for Moscow

The Financial Times | #PRESS

Ex-U.K. Defense Chief Urges Leaders To Avoid Ukraine Escalation

With war looming in Ukraine, former British Defense Secretary Des Browne urged world leaders to fulfill "a shared responsibility to work together to mitigate the risks" as their predecessors did in the mid-1980s when the East-West rivalry heightened under the shadow of nuclear risk

Kyodo News | #PRESS

China and Russia’s Hypersonic Weaponry Threatens US Early Warning System

The American view that it will not use space for offensive military applications leaves us vulnerable to those who do not share it The writer is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. He previously served as an under-secretary of state and chair of the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board

The Financial Times | #PRESS

US Restores Iran Sanctions Waivers For Civilian Nuclear Activity

Western diplomats warn time is running out to save accord designed to stop development of atomic weapons The US has agreed to restore sanctions waivers related to Iran’s atomic activity, in what appeared to be a goodwill gesture ahead of crunch talks to save the 2015 nuclear accord designed to prevent the development of nuclear weapons.

The Financial Times | #PRESS

Rose Gottemoeller Talks New START And The Future Of Arms Control

During a recent appearance on the Press the Button podcast, Gottemoeller spoke to her experiences with arms control negotiations and shared her views on the key challenges facing global arms control, including how to verify direct limits on nuclear warheads

National Interest | #PRESS

Mission Possible: Revisiting The No First Use Of The Nuclear Weapon

Can the objective of a world free of nuclear weapons be approached through the instrument of nuclear doctrines, and in particular through the easily comprehensible concept of No First Use of nuclear weapons? The question, debated since the early days of the nuclear age, is topical today because in the coming months the Pentagon is expected to draft a nuclear posture review and President Biden could suggest that his Secretary of Defense address this delicate issue

Europeanleadershipnetwork.org | #PRESS

Rejoining Open Skies Would Send ‘Wrong Message’ To Russia, Says Us State Department

The United States appears unlikely to rejoin the 34-nation Open Skies Treaty over its concerns about Russian noncompliance, with the Biden administration telling international partners in a recent diplomatic memo obtained by Defense News that doing so would send the “wrong message” to Russia

Defense News | #PRESS

Getting Serious About Russia

The future of U.S.-Russia relations is largely America’s choice. If the United States cannot settle for anything short of unquestioned hegemony, Russia will indubitably prove a serious impediment, prepared to challenge it

National Interest | #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

ILF Interview - Ilya KRAMNIK

ILF Interview - Ilya KRAMNIK

Research Fellow at the Center for North American Studies of IMEMO (Russia) on most burning issues

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North Korea: ‘Kim Doesn’t Just Want More Missiles, He Wants Better Ones’

New generation of manoeuvrable weapons is raising alarm over an accelerated arms race North Korea last month fired a ballistic missile capable of hitting the US territory of Guam, the latest in a record flurry of tests that demonstrated the unrelenting progress of the country’s illicit nuclear weapons programme.

The Financial Times | #NEWS

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."

European Leadership Network | #PRESS

Salutary Effect of Openness

Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union and the United States signed a historic Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) that cut the number of nuclear warheads in half

Novaya Gazeta | #PRESS

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

Rossijskaya Gazeta | #PRESS

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

#PRESS-RELEASES

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

#NEWS

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
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How The West Became Less Anxious About Russia’s Nuclear Threat

Despite sabre-rattling US and allies believe deploying such weapons would be too risky for Moscow

The Financial Times | #PRESS

Ex-U.K. Defense Chief Urges Leaders To Avoid Ukraine Escalation

With war looming in Ukraine, former British Defense Secretary Des Browne urged world leaders to fulfill "a shared responsibility to work together to mitigate the risks" as their predecessors did in the mid-1980s when the East-West rivalry heightened under the shadow of nuclear risk

Kyodo News | #PRESS

China and Russia’s Hypersonic Weaponry Threatens US Early Warning System

The American view that it will not use space for offensive military applications leaves us vulnerable to those who do not share it The writer is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. He previously served as an under-secretary of state and chair of the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board

The Financial Times | #PRESS

US Restores Iran Sanctions Waivers For Civilian Nuclear Activity

Western diplomats warn time is running out to save accord designed to stop development of atomic weapons The US has agreed to restore sanctions waivers related to Iran’s atomic activity, in what appeared to be a goodwill gesture ahead of crunch talks to save the 2015 nuclear accord designed to prevent the development of nuclear weapons.

The Financial Times | #PRESS

Rose Gottemoeller Talks New START And The Future Of Arms Control

During a recent appearance on the Press the Button podcast, Gottemoeller spoke to her experiences with arms control negotiations and shared her views on the key challenges facing global arms control, including how to verify direct limits on nuclear warheads

National Interest | #PRESS

Mission Possible: Revisiting The No First Use Of The Nuclear Weapon

Can the objective of a world free of nuclear weapons be approached through the instrument of nuclear doctrines, and in particular through the easily comprehensible concept of No First Use of nuclear weapons? The question, debated since the early days of the nuclear age, is topical today because in the coming months the Pentagon is expected to draft a nuclear posture review and President Biden could suggest that his Secretary of Defense address this delicate issue

Europeanleadershipnetwork.org | #PRESS

Rejoining Open Skies Would Send ‘Wrong Message’ To Russia, Says Us State Department

The United States appears unlikely to rejoin the 34-nation Open Skies Treaty over its concerns about Russian noncompliance, with the Biden administration telling international partners in a recent diplomatic memo obtained by Defense News that doing so would send the “wrong message” to Russia

Defense News | #PRESS

Getting Serious About Russia

The future of U.S.-Russia relations is largely America’s choice. If the United States cannot settle for anything short of unquestioned hegemony, Russia will indubitably prove a serious impediment, prepared to challenge it

National Interest | #PRESS

China's Nuclear Madness

COVID-19 has taught the world that the Chinese Communist Party's lies can have vast and terrible consequences. As the United States, our allies and our partners renew calls for transparency about the virus, we also urge Beijing to come clean about another danger: China's opaque and threatening nuclear weapons buildup

Newsweek, Michael R. Pompeo, Marshall Billingslea | #PRESS

Washington Has a Unique Opportunity to Agree on the Terms Offered

Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov discusses the limits of Moscow’s flexibility in negotiations with Washington

Kommersant | #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

ILF Interview - Ilya KRAMNIK

ILF Interview - Ilya KRAMNIK

Research Fellow at the Center for North American Studies of IMEMO (Russia) on most burning issues

ILF Partners - The QUINCY INSTITUTE

ILF Partners - The QUINCY INSTITUTE

Member of the ILF Joseph Cirincione presents the Quincy Institute

ILF Interview - Joseph CIRINCIONE

ILF Interview - Joseph CIRINCIONE

Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow of the Quincy Institute: "Nuclear weapons are immoral"

ILF Interview - Ariel Levite

ILF Interview - Ariel Levite

Dr. Ariel Levite: "The number one priority is to cap the Iranian nuclear program"

The Growing Threat of Nuclear Proliferation

The Growing Threat of Nuclear Proliferation

A public panel discussion | Carnegie Middle East Center | December 8, 2021

ILF Interview - Uzi Arad

ILF Interview - Uzi Arad

Uzi Arad: "A nuclear Iran is simply unacceptable to Israel"

ILF Interview - Byungki KIM

ILF Interview - Byungki KIM

Head of the International Security Policy Forum at the Graduate School of International Studies

ILF Interview - Waheguru Pal Sidhu

ILF Interview - Waheguru Pal Sidhu

Professor at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University on situation in Asia and worldwide

ILF Interview - Steven Pifer

ILF Interview - Steven Pifer

Non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution: "A Non-Nuclear World Looks Pretty Good"

ILF Interview - Anton Khlopkov

ILF Interview - Anton Khlopkov

Director of the Center for Energy and Security Studies: "We Need a Well-Established Dialogue"

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Strategic arms reductions under the new start and actual as of 2021

Strategic arms reductions under the new start and actual as of 2021
Offensive arms reduction treaties

Offensive arms reduction treaties
Key international treaties on strategic stability, arms reduction and control…

Key international treaties on strategic stability, arms reduction and control…
US withdrawal from the nuclear deal and threatened collapse of JCPOA

US withdrawal from the nuclear deal and threatened collapse of JCPOA
Sanctions against Iran

Sanctions against Iran
Joint comprehensive plan of action (JCPOA) restrictions and Iran’s potential refusal to comply

Joint comprehensive plan of action (JCPOA) restrictions and Iran’s potential refusal to comply
Joint comprehensive plan of action (JCPOA)

Joint comprehensive plan of action (JCPOA)

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