Research Article

End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era?

Volume: 14 Number: 28 June 10, 2021
  • Şafak Oğuz
  • Mehmet Seyfettin Erol
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End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era?

Abstract

This article analyzes possible consequences of the abolition of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed between the US and the USSR in 1987 and banning developing, testing and deploying intermediate-range missiles. The article argues that termination of the treaty would result in a conventional and especially a nuclear arms race as during the Cold War, and might trigger scrapping further agreements, although common sense in both parties enabled extending of the New START Treaty for 5 years. The new environment, with regional and global crises and massive armament by the global powers, including missile defense systems and hypersonic missiles, would endanger possible cooperation.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Mehmet Seyfettin Erol This is me
0000-0001-8358-7326
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 10, 2021

Submission Date

December 12, 2020

Acceptance Date

April 21, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 14 Number: 28

APA
Oğuz, Ş., & Erol, M. S. (2021). End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era? Gazi Akademik Bakış, 14(28), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.948852
AMA
1.Oğuz Ş, Erol MS. End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era? Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2021;14(28):1-20. doi:10.19060/gav.948852
Chicago
Oğuz, Şafak, and Mehmet Seyfettin Erol. 2021. “End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era?”. Gazi Akademik Bakış 14 (28): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.948852.
EndNote
Oğuz Ş, Erol MS (June 1, 2021) End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era? Gazi Akademik Bakış 14 28 1–20.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Oğuz and M. S. Erol, “End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era?”, Gazi Akademik Bakış, vol. 14, no. 28, pp. 1–20, June 2021, doi: 10.19060/gav.948852.
ISNAD
Oğuz, Şafak - Erol, Mehmet Seyfettin. “End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era?”. Gazi Akademik Bakış 14/28 (June 1, 2021): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.948852.
JAMA
1.Oğuz Ş, Erol MS. End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era? Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2021;14:1–20.
MLA
Oğuz, Şafak, and Mehmet Seyfettin Erol. “End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era?”. Gazi Akademik Bakış, vol. 14, no. 28, June 2021, pp. 1-20, doi:10.19060/gav.948852.
Vancouver
1.Şafak Oğuz, Mehmet Seyfettin Erol. End of the INF Treaty: Are We Entering a New Cold War Era? Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2021 Jun. 1;14(28):1-20. doi:10.19060/gav.948852