... in late June is certainly good news. If the discussions go well, then there may be hope that the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) will be extended after all. If the sides fail to come to an agreement, the likelihood of which, unfortunately, is extremely high, then in February 2021, New START will suffer the same fate as the Soviet–American Intermediate-Range Nuclear ...
... Open Skies Treaty, a 1992 accord that allows for aerial reconnaissance of the territory of 35 countries in Europe and North America, fully follows the logic of abolishing U.S. international security commitments. The next shoe to fall will likely be the New START Treaty, which the Trump administration seems happy to let expire next February.
Accusations of Russian infringements of the treaties and agreements, as well as the condemnation of Iranian activities outside the scope of the JCPOA, serve as a necessary and useful pretext for wrecking the established regimes. The prospect of crafting ...
Why Washington and Moscow Must Extend the New START Treaty
Ten years ago, the United States and Russia signed the New START treaty—a nuclear arms control agreement that we, as the heads of our governments’ respective delegations, helped negotiate. Since then, New START has played a
central ...
Arms Control Today conducted a written interview in early March with Anatoly Antonov, Russian ambassador to the United States on issues including the current status of U.S.-Russian strategic security talks, the future of New START, talks on intermediate-range missile systems, engaging China in arms control, and President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for a summit of the leaders of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
Arms Control Today conducted a written ...
... not have materialized yet. However, it will be much easier to prepare the deal in the calm of a flawed but still functioning New START, even if it is becoming antiquated. What will we lose on February 6, 2021, if the United States does not try to meet ... ... is, and the fact that the world’s two leading arsenals are shaking off all restrictions while at the same time hurling accusations at each other threatens to rip it apart altogether. In the nuclear area, the TPNW “nihilists” will have far weightier ...
Two former diplomats, from Russia and America, call for extending the nuclear arms limitation pact called New START, to make the world more secure
The relationship between Russia and the United States has been mired in crisis for much of the past decade. Communication once considered routine has been cut off, deepening mistrust and making it more difficult ...
... and anti-missile systems can be used as anti-satellite ones, both in the US and in Russia.
One recalls the interception of the USA-193 satellite using an SM-3 missile launched from the USS Lake Erie cruiser…
Alexander Yermakov:
End of Nuclear Arms Control: ... ... offset rules and the verification system have never been agreed. So the Treaty was up in the air until the new treaty, the Prague New START. However, even though the Prague Treaty did develop verification systems, it set the same limits as SORT. In SORT, the ...
... about the fate of the New START Treaty, China’s stance towards international agreements regulating arms control and the extent of Russia-China military cooperation.
What measures do you think Russia and the U.S. should take upon the expiration of the New START Treaty?
Lecture by Richard Weitz “No Love Triangle Russia-USA-China: What Can We Expect from Our Partners?”
One of the crucial treaties between the U.S. and Russia is the New START Treaty which is set to expire soon. There are three possible options of what could happen with the agreement. The U.S. is still ...
... fourth, in this situation Russia and the United States should focus on preparations for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Withdrawal from the INF Treaty and, more importantly, refusal to extend the New START Treaty would create major risks for the global non-proliferation regime, and the next NPT Review Conference may turn out to be the last. This will not benefit Moscow or Washington, and so a common interest in preserving the non-proliferation ...
... turn of the century, the sides had diametrically opposed positions on key issues, but were nevertheless determined to preserve a substantive dialogue, which led to the speedy conclusion of SORT and, later, to New START. Today, neither side has rejected New START, and accusations of non-compliance are not fundamental in nature. However, there is no meaningful dialogue between the sides and the attitude towards cooperation in these areas is primarily negative, particularly in the United States. The domestic political situation ...
