TNI editor Jacob Heilbrunn interviews Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov about the New START Treaty and the state of U.S.-Russia relations.
Heilbrunn
: The U.S. is pushing very hard against China right now, at least rhetorically. China has vowed to smash any Taiwanese move toward independence and looks to be cracking down in Hong Kong as well. Do you see this as another instance where American overt bellicosity ends up boomeranging and pushing ...
... the TNW as a counterbalance to NATO’s numerical superiority.
— U.S. concerns about the possible development by Russia of delivery vehicles with strategic capabilities (
Burevestnik
,
Poseidon
) that do not fall within the definitions outlined in New START.
— The obvious exacerbation of U.S.–Russia and U.S.–China relations in general.
— The overall negative background in arms control.
The points listed above do not allow us to confidently state that, as an intermediary way out, the parties will hurriedly negotiate an analogue of the 2002 Treaty Between ...
Interview with Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute
In an interview for the RIAC, Richard Weitz spoke 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 ...
... committed by the United States and Russia, help the countries better understand each other and propose solutions.
Europe and China are particularly interested in a controlled revision of the treaty to bring it up to date, or in fighting for its legacy,... ... demonstrate and explain the specifics of their own weapons systems and accept the opponent’s explanations.
The prospects of the New START being prolonged are moot, and the balance may shift either way. In fact, if the INF Treaty is cancelled altogether, ...
... possible for Moscow and Washington to return to the 1970s or even to 2010, when Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama signed the New START Treaty.
Yet it is difficult to imagine that any state would be interested in an unrestricted arms race. Indeed a no-holds-barred ... ... of the arms control regime is giving way to a multilateral focus. Among other issues, the U.S. is increasingly concerned with China’s expanding nuclear arsenal and Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities. In fact, when criticizing the INF Treaty, Trump ...
