Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2023 APS March Meeting
Volume 68, Number 3
Las Vegas, Nevada (March 5-10)
Virtual (March 20-22); Time Zone: Pacific Time
Session B50: Russia's Attack on Ukraine: Effects on the Threat of Nuclear War and the Future of Arms Control
11:30 AM–2:30 PM,
Monday, March 6, 2023
Room: Room 320
Sponsoring
Unit:
FPS
Chair: Frederick Lamb, University of Illinois
Abstract: B50.00001 : The effect of the invasion on the risk of nuclear war between Russia and the US/NATO, both now and in the near future. How can this risk be reduced?
11:30 AM–12:06 PM
Presenter:
Rose Gottemoeller
(Stanford University)
Authors:
Rose Gottemoeller
(Stanford University)
Steven C Hazy
(Stanford University)
According to Russian military doctrine, such an attack against nuclear assets could lead to nuclear escalation. However, so far Russia has exercised nuclear restraint, despite nuclear saber rattling emanating from Putin and the Kremlin, and also from Russian media sources. Thus, nuclear deterrence seems now to be holding, but in an uncertain and unnerving way. Are there steps that the NATO alliance can take at this critical moment to bolster nuclear deterrence and ensure that nuclear conflagration does not emerge from this crisis? Deterrence is an uncertain art, but NATO’s capabilities to message its force posture, resilience and resolve can all play an important role in trying to ensure that this worst case does not ensue. Some of these capabilities are controlled by the United States, but some are capabilities that the NATO allies in Europe provide.
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