... Trump announced the withdrawal of the US from the INF Treaty. The formal suspension of the treaty on ... ... effect’: if it abandons the INF Treaty, it puts the New START treaty’s extension into question. Mutual ... ... there will be a broader issue of maintaining the nuclear weapons non-proliferation regime. We should ... ... of an adequate international legal foundation for strategic stability, this stability can and should ... ... the most significant achievements in the field of international security this century; the JCPOA held ...
Russia Should Prepare for the Very Realistic Scenario in which the New START will not be Renewed by 2021 and will thus Cease to Exist
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), one of the pillars of strategic stability in the world, fell apart before our very eyes. And now the foundations of the core instrument of global arms ... ... we started preparing ourselves for the possibility of waking up in March 2021 in a world where there are no restrictions on nuclear weapons.
The potential disintegration of New START would not be catastrophic for Russia, all the more so because the country ...
... mitigate these risks. Progress can only be made through the engagement of leaders. Moreover, in every country that possesses nuclear weapons, anything relating to nuclear policy is inherently “presidential.”
The reality today is that we have entered ... ... jointly to preserve and extend existing agreements and treaties, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and New START Treaty.
These two agreements are crucial to sustaining transparency and predictability. In the absence of these agreements,...