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How will US-Russia relations develop within the next few years? Are we on the verge of a new cold war? What is needed to maintain strategic stability after the New START expires in 2026? What should be the format and aspects of the follow-on treaty? Do we really need depoliticization of negotiations? Is the elimination of all nuclear weapons is a realistic goal today? Can a nuclear-weapons-free world be really achieved? What will be the US policy on China within the next few years?

Non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, former Senior Adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., and US Ambassador to Ukraine Steven PIFER answers these and other questions on the most important issues of today’s international agenda and global security, and presents an unbiased expert view.

0:14 What is your vision of the development of US–Russia relations within the next few years? Some experts believe that they are at their lowest point in decades. Are we on the verge of a new war?
0:49 What is needed to maintain strategic stability after the New START expires in 2026? What should be the format and aspects of the follow-on treaty, and what should be included into it?
2:28 Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, during the last conference of the Luxembourg Forum, has stated that one of the main tasks of today’s global agenda is the depoliticization of negotiations. How can you comment on this?
4:18 Is the elimination of all nuclear weapons is a realistic goal today? Do we really need it and can a nuclear-weapons-free world be really achieved?
7:11 How dangerous is the development of space weapons and cyber technologies? Should the global nuclear powers negotiate for arms control in this sphere?
9:08 What is your vision of US policy on China within the next few years? Will the US insist on involving China in negotiations in the sphere of nuclear arms, space weapons, and cyber technologies?
12:05 Is there a real chance for a new INF Treaty between Russia, the US, and China, or between all the nuclear powers? What are the main obstacles?
14:37 How will the situation in the Middle East develop within the next few years? What is the future of the JCPOA? Will Iran have an opportunity to further its nuclear program?
16:50 Why is there less fear of nuclear war today than it was during the Cold War?
19:49 What needs to be done today to prevent a nuclear war in the future and make the world safer? Is there a chance to be optimistic?

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