We are witnessing the dawn of a new era in our nuclear world
The resumption of U.S.–Russia consultations on arms control and strategic stability in Vienna in late June is certainly good news. If the discussions ... ... 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 ...
... 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 even better ...
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 role
in keeping the peace and preventing a dangerous ...
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 Russia halfway?
— Effective transparency methods: inspections, exchanging telemetric data and detailed information on the composition ... ... 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 ...
... overlapping of different vehicles is very high, 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 ...
... consequences of the United States’ withdrawal from the treaty are already obvious and will continue to manifest themselves. In the field of nuclear arms control, the US decision could create a ‘domino effect’: if it abandons the INF Treaty, it puts the New START treaty’s extension into question. Mutual accusations about the failure to abide by this treaty — at least in terms of its spirit, if not the letter — are becoming increasingly loud both in Russia and the US, as are statements that the national security of either side will be guaranteed even if the extension of the treaty is renounced.
Without the New START, there will be a broader issue of maintaining the nuclear weapons non-proliferation ...
... the basis for the provisions of the START and SORT treaties, has been pulled out from under us. Moreover, the collapse of the INF Treaty was accompanied by a litany of accusations against Russia in U.S. political circles and the media and counter accusations by Russia. And now the sides are accusing each other of failing to observe the provisions of New START, with the United States even going as far as
claiming that Russia
is conducting banned nuclear tests [
2
]. While the sides have
opened a cautious dialogue
on issues of strategic stability, the prospects of at least extending the New START ...
