Ulrich Kühn

Michael Kofman

Ruslan Kurbanov

Hamid Karzai

Andrei Kokoshin

Natalia Kondratyeva

Elena Korotkova

Alexander Konkov

Vadim Kozyulin

Vladimir Kršljanin

Ulrich Kühn

Deputy Head, Arms Control and Emerging Technologies, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg and a Nonresident Scholar with the Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Opinions

Kazakhstan – Once More a Testing Ground?

Being a staunch supporter of international nuclear disarmament efforts since many years, a very recent and little noticed decision by the Kazakh parliament to approve the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons could test the seriousness of nuclear disarmament supporters.

12.07.2019

Opinions

Can We Still Regulate Emerging Technologies?

Кegulating emerging technologies is still possible and a significant number of states is engaging in such efforts on a daily basis and in various fora. Nevertheless, if we take the challenge serious, we will have to come up with some novel and certainly more creative thinking.

09.05.2019

Opinions

Five Ways to Counter INF Violations

The Pentagon is moving forward with a research and development program for its own future INF-range systems. At the same time, NATO allies have started to debate what reaction the alliance should take in response to the Russian violations. As Russia is expected to deploy more and more SSC-8 missiles, a punitive reaction by NATO members becomes increasingly likely. A number of options are possible.

27.03.2019

Opinions

Five Ways to Save INF’s Legacy

Not only in Washington and Moscow, many analysts and experts argue these days that the impending demise of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty forecasts the end of arms control in general and a new round of nuclear competition – with the big difference that the new arms race will be less about numbers and more about quality, and that it will involve China as well.

13.02.2019

Opinions

The New Arms Race and Its Consequences

With the decision by Donald Trump to pull out of the contested Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, another important piece of the European security architecture collapses. While experts and policymakers are still engaged in the ongoing blame game, perhaps we should try to look into the not too distant future and forecast what the end of INF could mean for European and international security.

13.12.2018

Opinions

The End of INF Treaty: Future of Uncontrollable Weapons

The announcement by US President Donald Trump to pull out of the INF treaty will have extremely massive consequences for international security. First of all, it would mean that both states – the US and, possibly, Russia will be free to develop and deploy medium and short-range missiles.

23.10.2018