New START’s death is around the corner. Please, someone, tell the President
New START’s death is around the corner. Please, someone, tell the President
The 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is on the path to a quiet death in two months. The treaty’s demise will end the last agreement constraining US and Russian nuclear weapons.
The 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is on the path to a quiet death in two months. The treaty’s demise will end the last agreement constraining US and Russian nuclear weapons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed extending observance of New START’s numerical limits beyond the treaty’s expiration, but Moscow has given Washington reasons to ignore that offer. If President Donald Trump is interested in “denuclearization,” as he says he is, he could seek to improve on Putin’s proposal.
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