Nuclear Parity — Objective Stability Factor of Multipolar World

Abstract

The article studies the phenomenon of nuclear parity, which serves as a guarantee of preventing a new war at the nuclear level. The author reveals the essence and traces the process of the formation of nuclear parity between the leading nuclear powers — the USA and the USSR/Russia. The author convincingly shows that at present nuclear parity is undergoing significant erosion due to the US desire to dominate in the military-strategic field, which upsets the existing balance of forces in the world and leads to destabilization of the international situation. The author reveals such concepts as "nuclear club" and "nuclear triad". The author pays special attention to NATO, rightly pointing out that Russia is concerned not only by its territorial expansion, but by the desire of the United States to deploy nuclear weapons in NATO member countries in Europe near Russia's borders, which poses a threat to its security. As a result, the author comes to the conclusion that US nuclear hegemony is unacceptable, but only leads to a new round of the arms race, including tactical nuclear weapons. Nuclear parity, according to the author, is an objective factor that makes up the stability of a multipolar world without global wars.