Nikolai Sokov’s Articles

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[RUSSIAN] The Process of Nuclear Arms Reduction and Arms Control in US-Russian Relations

A monograph published in Russia by A. Dyakov, Yevgeni Myasnikov, and Nikolai Sokov. [In Russian]

Russian’s White Paper on WMD Nonproliferation

A detailed overview of Russia’s nonproliferation policy and initiatives.

The Prospects of Russian Mediation of the Iranian Nuclear Crisis

Attempts, constraints and prospects of Russia’s policy.

The Future of Russia’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Force Clarified

New land mobility systems could require an amendment to the Start I treaty.

Military Exercises in Russia

Naval deterrence failures are compensated by strategic rocket success.

“Suitcase Nukes:” Permanently Lost Luggage

Nikolai Sokov February 13, 2004 View “Suitcase Nukes:” A Reassessment On February 8, a London-based Arab newspaper, Al-Hayat, reported that in 1998, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda had bought nuclear weapons from Ukraine using the services of a Ukrainian scientist, whose first name was Viktor. Multiple news sources immediately linked this story to the 1997 statement by […]

Terrorist Attacks on America: Questions and Answers from CNS Specialists

Do the World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings represent a major US intelligence failure? Reply prepared by Dr. Phillip Saunders, Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Program By definition these attacks represent an intelligence failure, because the intelligence and law enforcement communities did not provide advance warning that they were coming. That said, it is extremely difficult […]

The “Tactical Nuclear Weapons Scare” of 2001

Approaches and positions towards tactical nuclear weapons will need rethinking and reformulation.

The Kursk Accident

Updates on the efforts to rescue sailors from the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk.

The Fate of Russian Nuclear Weapons: An Anticlimax on August 11

Chief of the General Staff Anatoliy Kvashnin proposals for a radical reduction of Russia’s land-based strategic missiles lose out to Putin’s preference for caution.