Putin’s nuclear brinkmanship and the demise of arms control

Vladimir Putin’s irresponsible actions should not only remind the world of the coercive risks inherent in nuclear weapons, but also of the imperative to re-energize diplomatic efforts to repair the damage to arms control regimes. We will not regain nuclear peace of mind without such engagement.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin’s nuclear scare campaign is particularly disturbing because it comes in a context which has witnessed the gradual dismantlement over the last decade of existing bilateral and multilateral arms control frameworks, writes Paul Meyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY PAUL MEYER

March 6, 2023

VANCOUVER—Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 21 “State of the Union” speech in Moscow served to broadcast the latest of his threats to the existing nuclear restraint regime. He announced the “suspension” of Russia’s implementation of the 2010 U.S...

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