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Preventing Escalation in the Baltics: A NATO Playbook

Wed. March 28th, 2018
Washington, DC

In a conflict between Russia and NATO in the Baltic region, the risks of escalation leading to nuclear use—deliberately, inadvertently, or accidentally—would be dangerously high. In his new Carnegie report, Ulrich Kühn argues that in order to combat these risks effectively, NATO must address the full range of the potential threats posed by Russia, including behavior below the threshold of a nuclear—or even a conventional—conflict. To do so while remaining united, NATO must enhance deterrence against Russia while simultaneously pursuing resilience and risk-reduction measures. James Acton moderated the conversation.

Ulrich Kühn

Ulrich Kühn is a nonresident scholar with the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a senior research associate at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.

James Acton

James Acton holds the Jessica T. Mathews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

SecurityMilitaryForeign PolicyNuclear PolicyRussia
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Ulrich Kühn

Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program

Ulrich Kühn is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the head of the arms control and emerging technologies program at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.

James M. Acton

Jessica T. Mathews Chair, Co-director, Nuclear Policy Program

Acton holds the Jessica T. Mathews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.