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- 1Deterrence Now Central, But Arms Control Still Matters▼Deterrence Is Now Key. But Don’t Forget About Arms Control
Debate is resuming over nuclear policy in a security environment shaped by Russia's war in Ukraine and great-power rivalry. Writing in Internationale Politik Quarterly, commentators argue that while deterrence has become the organising principle of Western defence planning, arms control should not be abandoned. The piece warns that dismissing negotiated limits on nuclear arsenals would make an already tense strategic landscape more unstable.