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Mitigating Challenges to U.S.-Russia Strategic Stability

17 Feb 2022

U.S.-Russia strategic stability is based on mutual vulnerability to retaliation, which eliminates the incentive to strike first. Yet the United States has developed capabilities that Moscow fears could be used for a first strike. These threat perceptions have become a significant source of instability. The authors examine the origins of this dynamic and its impact on bilateral stability and evaluate policy changes that could mitigate that impact.
united states russia nuclear deterrence arms proliferation and control

Authors

Drennan, John J., Charap, Samuel, Geist, Edward, Griffith, Luke, Carlson, Brian G.

Division
RAND National Security Research Division International Security and Defense Policy Program
Pages
86
Published in
United States
RAND Identifier
RR-A1094-1
RAND Type
report
Rights
RAND Corporation
Series
Research Reports
Source
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1094-1.html

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