“[My time at ACA] prepared me very well for the position that I took following that with the State Department, where I then implemented and helped to implement many of the policies that we tried to promote.”
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The Kremlin’s proposal offered some hope but the United States had no immediate formal reaction.
The alliance responded to an incursion at an unprecedented scale since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The military exercises were less expansive than those before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2002 but still “very aggressive,” the Polish prime minister said.
Russia offers to continue adhering by the central limits of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty for one year after expiry. The Arms Control Association welcomes the move by Russian President Vladimir Putin and encourages President Donald Trump to reciprocate.
But they gave no details and President Donald Trump said any negotiations would wait until Russia’s war against Ukraine had ended.
Russia said it acted after the U.S. made “significant progress” in implementing plans to deploy ground-launched INF-range missiles in various regions.
It is not enough, however, that Putin and Trump seem to understand the importance of maintaining common sense limits on their nuclear arsenals. They need to translate their words into pragmatic action, and soon, and not wait until there is a resolution to the war on Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces destroyed an estimated 12 Russian strategic bombers, days after Danish and German media published details of Russian missile bunkers.
The United States and Russia make contact on strategic stability, but negotiations on the future of bilateral strategic arms control have not begun. The third NPT review conference preparatory committee meeting wraps up in New York, France suggests basing agreements to allies, and Kyrgyzstan says it will join the ban treaty.
Experts Adam Scheinman, Ulrich Kühn, and Toby Dalton weigh in.
Given the stakes for global safety and security, defenders of the NPT will need to insulate the treaty and shore up support.
There is an acute feeling that time is running out—that this is Europe’s last chance to stand on its own feet militarily.
Some of the disruption could lead to arms control talks with China or a nuclear agreement with North Korea but it could also drive South Korea or Japan to acquire nuclear weapons.
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Rogov was a leading Russian and international specialist on arms control.