| ID | 120545 |
| Title Proper | Nuclear threat is not a bluff |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Arbatov, A |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Armen Oganesyan, Editor-in-Chief of International Affairs: What are, from your point of view, the major developments in the area of international security for the recent period?
A. Arbatov: Security issues are beginning to concern the common people only when a war breaks out or the military spending increases to the point where they feel it in their pockets. In the past year, relations between the U.S. and Russia have deteriorated, as have those between Islamic states, Iran on the one hand and Arab states on the other. They are fighting with Syria by proxy. But that is just the first portent of a direct military confrontation. Take China and Japan: with what intensity the island territorial dispute has erupted! Or South East Asia: the exacerbation of tension between China and countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines over disputed islands in the South China Sea. I'm not even talking about Africa. You permanently see flashes of civil wars with interventions there. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 59, No.1; 2013: p.9-16 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 59, No.1; 2013: p.9-16 |
| Key Words | Iran ; Syria ; Nuclear Threat ; Middle East ; Iran's Nuclear Program ; Global Zero |