Nuclear Policy News – December 10, 2018

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Kremlin shrugs off U.S. call to scrap nuclear-capable missile
Reuters

A Cold War Arms Treaty Is Unraveling. But the Problem Is Much Bigger.
New York Times

India test fires nuclear capable Agni-5 missile, 2nd test in six months
Economic Times

East Asia

North Korea Is Building More Nuclear Weapons and Missiles (Don’t Be Shocked)
National Interest12/7/2018
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may or may not be meeting again early next year for their second blockbuster summit. But just because preparations are in the works doesn’t mean Pyongyang is going to stop the nuclear locomotive from barreling full steam ahead.

Will Kim Jong-un Visit Seoul This Month? South Korea Is Holding Its Breath
New York Times12/10/2018
South Korea is holding its breath for what its president, Moon Jae-in, has repeatedly said could happen by the end of December: Kim Jong-un’s visit to Seoul, which would be a first for a North Korean leader.

Trump reportedly demanding more funding from South Korea for American troops’ presence
The Hill12/8/2018
President Trump is demanding that South Korea increase their funding for American troops deployed on the peninsula, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Russia/FSU/Europe

Kremlin shrugs off U.S. call to scrap nuclear-capable missile
Reuters12/7/2018
The Kremlin shrugged off a U.S. call for it to scrap a nuclear-capable missile on Friday, saying it was in compliance with the Cold-War era arms control treaty Washington accuses the missile of violating.

South Asia

India test fires nuclear capable Agni-5 missile, 2nd test in six months
Economic Times12/10/2018
Indigenously developed surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-5 has been successfully test-fired from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast, according to reports.

Opinion and Analysis

A Cold War Arms Treaty Is Unraveling. But the Problem Is Much Bigger.
New York TimesDavid E. Sanger and William J. Broad
12/9/2018
After the United States delivered an ultimatum to Russia last week that it was preparing to abandon a landmark weapons treaty, drawing a combative response from President Vladimir V. Putin, the specter of a rekindled nuclear arms race was widely seen as a rewind of the Cold War.

It’s Not Too Late to Save the INF Treaty
Foreign PolicyJon Wolfsthal
12/7/2018
The United States is on the verge of withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which bans the United States and Russia from having nuclear or conventional ground-based missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers (300 to 3,400 miles).

Bad Idea: Ignoring the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Defense360Bernadette Stadler and Suzanne Claeys
12/6/2018
The United States has done little to engage with the Ban Treaty or its supporters. But ignoring the Ban Treaty is a bad idea that will exacerbate the divide between nuclear and non-nuclear states and could lead to a dangerously uneven pace of international disarmament.

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