Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Time for Control

Tactical nuclear weapons’ (TNWs) are the largest and the least regulated category of nuclear weapons left over from the Cold War. Unlike strategic nuclear weapons that are controlled by several legally binding treaties, TNWs are governed by an informal regime comprising parallel unilateral declarations exchanged by the Presidents of the Soviet Union-Russia and the United States some ten years ago. Ingenious at the time, this formulation now looks increasingly lacking. Tactical Nuclear Weapons: time for Control brings together some of the foremost international experts on TNWs to examine the state of the TNWs regime ten years on and explore practical options for strengthening and revamping it.