Steven Pifer
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Washington, DC, United States
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Strengthen U.S. Security Through Nuclear Arms Reductions
Biden has an opportunity to bolster deterrence, reduce proliferation risks, and lower the risk of nuclear war. → Read More
Trying to Box in Biden on Arms Control
Former Trump officials complain that the new president doesn’t want what they failed to achieve. → Read More
A Nuclear Strike Should Require More than One Person’s Order
We should require a second voice when it comes to ordering first use of nuclear arms. → Read More
Washington’s Arms Control Delusions and Bluffs
The Trump administration’s stances on nuclear negotiations don’t even make sense as a starting point. → Read More
On Arms Control, Little Reason for Optimism
Officials in Moscow and Beijing will read Mr. Billingslea’s interview and see nothing to give them reason to negotiate. → Read More
Opinion: The Coronavirus Crisis Presents An Opportunity To End War In Ukraine
"Especially during a pandemic, it is insanity for Russian-led forces and Ukrainians to be killing each other," write former U.S. envoys to Ukraine William B. Taylor, Steven Pifer and John E. Herbst. → Read More
Pompeo Visited Ukraine. Good. What Next?
Ukrainians want action to demonstrate the Trump administration's commitment to the country. → Read More
Trump’s Bid to Go Big on Nuclear Arms Looks Like a Fizzle
Russia has no interest in negotiating from scratch. China has no interest in negotiating at all. → Read More
NATO’s Ukraine Challenge
Ukrainians want membership, but obstacles abound. → Read More
Brookings experts react to the new Missile Defense Review
Last week, the Trump administration released its congressionally-mandated Missile Defense Review (MDR). Below, five Brookings experts on defense offer their key takeaways on the document. → Read More
Steven Pifer
Steven Pifer is a William J. Perry fellow at Stanford and a nonresident senior fellow with the Brookings Institution. → Read More
John Bolton Keeps Citing This 2002 Pact as an Arms-Control Model. It’s Really Not.
The Treaty of Moscow was ill-defined, unverifiable — and not something that Russia would sign today. → Read More
Trump faults Russia for INF treaty pullout but did little to save it
The administration left both military and diplomatic options on the table. → Read More
Commentary: Little resolution on Crimea, even as Ukraine moves out of Russia's embrace
Attitudes among Ukrainians towards Russia are beginning to harden as the country deepens its link to Europe while severing ties with its eastern ... → Read More
What Helsinki agreements? This is not normal
Three days now have passed since Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki. Russian officials are talking about agreements coming out of that meeting, but Americans have no idea what was agreed. This is not normal. → Read More
U.S. response to Russian treaty violation plays into Moscow’s hands
House and Senate conferees agreed last week on language to authorize the Pentagon to spend $58 million in response to the Russian violation of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, including through developing a U.S. intermediate-range missile. That would be a waste of money. → Read More
How Washington should respond to Russia’s missile treaty violation
In 2014, the U.S. government charged that Russia had violated the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) by testing a banned ground-launched cruise missile of intermediate range. Three weeks ago, The New York Times reported that Russia has deployed the missile. This is a serious matter. → Read More
Is Russia a threat?
Steven Pifer, senior fellow and director of the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, examines the relationship between the U.S. and Russia in terms of nuclear policy, arms control, and th… → Read More
Adam Mount
Adam Mount is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. → Read More
Steven Pifer
Steven Pifer is director of the Brookings Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative and a senior fellow with the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence and the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. → Read More