About the Author
Andreas Lutsch holds a doctor philosophiae in history from Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, and is a Postdoctoral Nuclear Security Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University. His first book will be published in cooperation with the Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr, Potsdam, in early 2018. It is entitled: “Westbindung oder Gleichgewicht? Die nukleare Sicherheitspolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zwischen Atomwaffensperrvertrag und NATO-Doppelbeschluss (1961-1979).“
Since February of this year, U.S. officials have criticized Russia for deploying a new dual capable ground-launched cruise missile prohibited by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. According to General Paul Selva, ‘the Russians have deliberately deployed it in order to pose a threat to NATO.’
