U.S. Withdrawal From Open Skies Bolsters Case for New Strategic Regime

... element of global strategic stability; it will be the only one. Reliable round-the-clock communications between the military and security headquarters of the major powers and hotlines between their leaders would help deal with incidents: U.S.-Russian deconfliction in Syria has demonstrated the effectiveness of maintaining contacts. Yet deconfliction has to be balanced against the profound lack ... ... leaderships of the great powers. Having fewer windows on the opponent—and this is where ending Open Skies comes in, along with New START’s soon-to-expire inspection regime—increases the risk of worst-case scenarios becoming basic ones. Keeping calm ...