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One of the most observable and worrisome tendencies of the twenty-first century has been the unraveling of the post-Cold War consensus on the role of arms control in bolstering international security. We are witnessing this in real time, as Russian forces are encircling Kyiv as part of its devastating war on the international order. The framework of treaties and agreements created towards the latter half of the Cold War, and reinforced with further agreements up to the end of that first post-Cold War decade, provided a framework for international relations among all powers great and small in the Euro-Atlantic region and prevented the onset of a third world war. Russia’s selective compliance with and violations of the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, including the CFE Treaty, the Vienna Document, and the Open Skies Treaty, throughout the 1990s and 2000s should have been a wake-up call to European states concerned about the preservation of the existing security system. This was not the case. Instead, what we have experienced for years across the Euro-Atlantic strategic environment reflects a general lack of political anticipation, particularly on the part of liberal democracies in Europe, of Russia’s approach to arms control and security policy. In this respect, it is easy to say today that our strategic environment has been steadily eroded, as if one was brandishing a toy plastic shovel instead of a bulldozer to shore up the international system, instead of seeking bold defense, deterrence, and diplomatic initiatives.