Although both Russia and the United States\ncontinue with nuclear force modernisation programmes,Dr Lee Willettreports that there are options to extend New START and there are early signs of Russian-US engagement on future arms control.Dr. Lee Willett...
strategic arms reductionsnew Cold WarUkraineCrimeanuclear nonproliferationThe United States and Russia, in the aftermath of Russia's annexation of Crimea and destabilization of Ukraine, seem to have ditched entirely the "reset" in their political relations. Despite this odor of Cold War redux, there...
The new US administration and Russian officials have indicated their interest in extending the pact, although there is no consensus on how long the extension might be. In the first days of the Biden presidency, his officials were reported to have offered Russia a five-year extension of the pac...
Spokesperson Guo Jiakun made the remarks at a daily news briefing when asked to comment on the so-called "adherence to and compliance with arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements and commitments" recently released by the U.S. State Department.Guo said the U.S. government has ...
Arms controlUnited StatesRussiasecurityforeign policynegotiationThe onset of a crisis in US-Russian and global arms control has generated manifold proposals on ways to rejuvenate productive negotiations on weapons cuts and confidence building measures. Yet most of these plans are focused on technical ...
The United States and Russia will appoint high-level teams to negotiate the end of the war in Ukraine and are working to reestablish diplomatic channels, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the end of key talks that excluded Kyiv.
and Russia support the idea of engaging China to avert a costly nuclear arms race. American allies, however, also are concerned that the Trump administration will not take Moscow up on its offer to extend the New START treaty for up to five years. The treaty, which governs the number of ...
WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday extended the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia for five years, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. "Extending the New START Treaty ensures we have verifiable limits on Russian ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers until Fe...
Asked what effect its termination could have on the security situation in Ukraine, arms control expert Reif told EURACTIV that the surveillance flights over Ukraine and western Russia "have yielded valuable data and has been a useful tool in helping to counter Russia's aggres...
The United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons “as a method of warfare” against Ukraine and imposed sweeping new sanctions on Russian firms and government bodies.