Arms control
Arms control refers to international restrictions on the techological development, production, and use of weapons, aimed at reducing the risk of conflict and promoting stability among nations.
Arms control encompasses a range of international agreements and treaties that seek to limit the proliferation and use of various types of weapons, including conventional arms and weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The primary goals of arms control are to prevent arms races, enhance transparency among nations, and reduce the potential for conflict. By establishing mutual agreements, countries aim to create a more stable international environment where the likelihood of war is diminished.
Post-Cold War American nuclear primacy fantasies
While American public schools and media promoted the climate hoax after the Cold War as the biggest threat to the planet, in 2006 the official rag of the Council on Foreign Relations Foreign Policy published an article by Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press titled, The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy. Here’s what Lieber and Press imparted on their readers:
During the Cold War, many scholars and policy analysts believed that MAD made the world relatively stable and peaceful because it induced great caution in international politics, discouraged the use of nuclear threats to resolve disputes, and generally restrained the superpowers' behavior. … This debate may now seem like ancient history… Today, for the first time in almost 50 years, the United States stands on the verge of attaining nuclear primacy. It will probably soon be possible for the United States to destroy the long-range nuclear arsenals of Russia or China with a first strike. … Unless Washington's policies change … Russia and China -- and the rest of the world -- will live in the shadow of U.S. nuclear primacy for many years to come.[2]
Such musings gave rise to ideas that nuclear exchange was no longer necessarily “suicidal,” and that “we” could "win" a nuclear war.
Reference
External link
- Lessons from former arms control negotiators, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September 4, 2025
- Arms control collapse. Three way nuclear race, The Duran, Nov 9, 2025
- It’s OVER: Global Arms Control COLLAPSES! Andrei Martyanov & Alex Krainer, Dialogue Works, Nov 9, 2025
