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March 20, 2019The United States is planning to flight-test two INF-Treaty range missiles this year, and Russia officially gives notice of its suspension of the agreement. Senior U.S. military officials have been testifying before Congress and discussing the INF Treaty and New START—another treaty whose future is in doubt due to U.S. and Russian concerns about the others' compliance.
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March 4, 2019
In the absence of active U.S.-Russian efforts to resolve disagreements over the INF Treaty, other nations may be
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March 4, 2019
The INF Treaty crisis threatens far more than the INF Treaty.
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March 4, 2019
The Trump administration is trying to change bureaucratic oversight rules for U.S. exports of selected conventional weapons.
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March 4, 2019
U.S. Approves Missile Defense Sale to Japan
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March 1, 2019
Every U.S. president since John Kennedy has successfully concluded at least one agreement with Russia or the Soviet Union to reduce nuclear dangers. These agreements have helped to slash nuclear stockpiles, manage nuclear competition, and provide greater stability, thereby reducing the risk of nuclear catastrophe between the world’s two largest nuclear actors.
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February 8, 2019
Statement from Jeff Abramson, non-resident senior fellow for arms control and conventional arms transfers
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February 6, 2019
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February 6, 2019
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February 1, 2019The Trump administration’s sudden decision and announcement Oct. 20 to “terminate” the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty due to Russian violations of the treaty has been met with bipartisan and international concern. A collection of various reactions from international partners, members of Congress, and former national security policymakers is provided below and will be updated as further reactions arise.
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February 1, 2019
The INF Treaty crisis is a global security problem. Nations will need to step forward with creative and pragmatic solutions that create the conditions necessary to ensure that the world’s two largest nuclear actors meet their legal obligations to end the arms race and reduce nuclear threats.
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February 1, 2019
August 2019
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January 24, 2019Several European ministers will not attend the upcoming U.S.-Polish summit on the Middle East expected to focus on Iran, a likely U.S. presidential candidate calls for U.S. re-entry into the JCPOA, and the Trump administration's Missile Defense Review cites the possibility of an Iranian ICBM.
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January 15, 2019Congress has the tools and authority to ensure U.S. arms sales strengthen, rather than undermine, enduring America’s values and norms, writes Jeff Abramson.
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January 14, 2019
January 2019