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Opportunity to rid Europe of dangerous nuclear weapon systems and provocative force deployments

Diplomats could grab a golden opportunity during this crisis to de-alert and remove all short- and medium-range nuclear weapons from Western and Eastern Europe.

Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky, left, has already publicly criticized the U.S. for 'amplifying' the risk, while Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat posture toward Ukraine is inciting the very NATO military build-up and consensus he presumably opposes, write Frederic S. Pearson and Erika Simpson. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
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