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Challenges to multilateral disarmament : global perspectives on UN disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation

Rosengren Pejstrup, Trine - 2024

disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation landscape within the United Nations. This report examines these evolving dynamics … disarmament and arms control. Building on data collection focused on multilateral disarmament, it confirms two critical trends in … the UN system: a significant trust deficit between member states and declining confidence in multilateral disarmament …

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University-government-foundation collaboration on arms control and security policy in the United States from Truman to Trump

Evangelista, Matthew - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 31 (2025) 2, pp. 123-143

The relationship between the United States government, private foundations, and university-based researchers working on peace and security policy has evolved over time. Since the end of World War II we can identify four main phases: (1) secret government funding into the 1960s; (2) a Golden Age...

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Challenges to multilateral disarmament: Global perspectives on UN disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation

Rosengren Pejstrup, Trine - 2024

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Significant and sound : US medium-range missiles in Germany

Schneider, Jonas; Arnold, Torben - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2024

At the NATO summit in July 2024, the United States and Germany announced that, in 2026, the United States would be deploying ground-launched medium-range missiles in Germany that can reach targets in Russia's heartland. This deployment is a critical step because it gives NATO new capabilities in...

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Back to the future of the Arctic : the enduring relevance of arms control

Paul, Michael - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2024

Russia’s war against Ukraine seems to have no immediate end in sight, the strategic competition between China and the US continues, and the expanding military cooperation between China and Russia increases the challenges facing the international community. In this context, the Arctic seems to...

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Libya's militias have become the state : dimensions and consequences of a consolidation process

Lacher, Wolfram - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2023

The armed groups that have formed in Libya since 2011 have progressively taken over the state. They are undergoing a process of institutionalisation, and their representatives are reaching the top levels of the army, the security apparatus and the civilian government. At the same time, they are...

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Will the pact for the future advance a common global agenda on the challenges facing humanity?

Munoz Tellez, Viviana; Danish; Chowdhary, Abdul Muheet; … - 2025

At a time when multilateralism is needed more than ever to address the global challenges and rising geopolitical tensions, paradoxically, the capacity and delegated power of the United Nations (UN) to uphold a rule-based order to keep peace and security is being weakened. Even in an increasingly...

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From peace dividend to defence dividend : dual-use, quantum and NATO targets

Murphy, Michael; Forrest, Tracey; Samson, Paul - 2025

Canada and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are facing higher defence-spending targets in response to growing geopolitical tensions. NATO's 2025 Hague Summit Declaration requires member states to increase their defence spending to five percent of their GDP by 2035....

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Russian nuclear weapons in space? : potential destructive consequences in space, escalation on earth, and damage to arms control

Schneider, Jonas; Süß, Juliana - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2025

According to the US government, the Russian government is developing a programme to arm some of its satellites with nuclear warheads. Should the Kremlin acquire this capability, it could destroy key parts of the civilian satellite infrastructure by detonating a single nuclear weapon in low Earth...

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A farewell to arms : the peace dividend of Costa Rica's army abolition

Abarca, Alejandro; Ramírez-Varas, Suráyabi - In: The journal of development studies 61 (2025) 5, pp. 819-843

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