Steven Pifer: Transparency as a key factor in nuclear disarmament

... arms held. Steven Pifer, Director of the Brookings Arms Control Initiative and former U.S. ambassador, casts light upon the prospects for further bilateral Russia-U.S. nuclear negotiations. What are the new challenges facing Russia-U.S. relations on nuclear disarmament and deterrence? First of all, the good thing is that both sides are implementing the new START treaty, but I think there has been something of a pause for the past year. As I see it, the Russian side has waited because of the uncertainty ...