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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Since Mikhail Gorbachev's signing of the CFE Treaty in 1990, Moscow has viewed the agreement as a 'cornerstone of European security.' Vladimir Putin's announcement in 2007 that Russia would 'suspend' implementation of the treaty appeared to signal a paradigm shift in Moscow's approach to conventional arms control. As the European security landscape changed in ways not always favorable to Russia, the Russians' view of the CFE Treaty evolved from cautious optimism through growing frustration to outright hostility. An examination of Russian official thinking at key points in the life of the treaty-as expressed in official journals and statements by government officials-points to a crisis that nevertheless remains short of a paradigm shift.
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