STRATEGIC STABILITY

As during the Cold War, strategic stability becomes additionally complex where allies and extended deterrence arrangements come into play. While strategic stability primarily involves Russia, the United States, and China, the concerns of key regional states should be respected and considered. This includes the views of non-nuclear weapon states and other countries' allies. To strengthen regional stability, great powers should take into account the positions of their allies and the allies of their competitors as their actions can have an important impact on strategic stability through direct and indirect links between regional conflicts, (non-)proliferation and strategic stability. An increase or decrease in strategic stability can contribute to or limit regional interest in proliferation, and vice versa... The recommendations developed by the Körber Strategic Stability Initiative describe possible pathways towards this end. We believe they can contribute to preventing escalation,..

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