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Russian Nuclear Strategy

June 27, 2016 • 10:00 – 11:30 am EDT
As of today, Russia has the largest nuclear weapons arsenal in the world, with only that of the United States approaching it in size. What are Russia's intentions for its nuclear weapons? What are the Kremlin's modernization plans, its strategy, and its view of the role of nuclear weapons in its security policy? And what does all of that mean for the prospects for arms control when the next U.S. President takes office in 2017?
 

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Russia and Eurasia, Russia, Defense and Security, Defense Strategy and Capabilities, and Geopolitics and International Security

Nikolai Sokov

Senior Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Olga Oliker