Ironically, the Russian case is no different from that of Pakistan, Iran, or North Korea. Notwithstanding the undeniable progress so far in Russia-US nuclear talks, the task of minimization, let alone elimination, of nuclear weapons by the Russians will depend on a willingness to address the Kremlin’s key security concern: its conventional military inferiority vis-à-vis the West.
讽刺的是，俄罗斯的情形与巴基斯坦、伊朗和朝鲜并无区别。尽管俄美核谈判已经取得了不可否认的进步，但俄罗斯是否最小化（更不用说废除了）核武器规模取决于克里姆林宫是否愿意解决关键性安全问题：对西方的传统军事劣势。