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November 1, 2018The 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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November 1, 2018
Trump cites Russian cheating while international allies and rivals decry his action.
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November 1, 2018
Russia has denounced international agreement to empower watchdog to attribute blame for chemical weapons use.
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November 1, 2018
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump told reporters that he wanted to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin “to discuss the arms race, which is getting out of control.” He characterized the costly nuclear weapons upgrade programs being pursued by each side as “a very, very bad policy.”
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October 22, 2018
History of the INF Treaty between the United States and Russia and details on potential violations by Russia
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October 21, 2018
Under the influence of his new National Security Advisor, John Bolton, Trump announced Saturday at a campaign rally that he will “terminate” a key nuclear arms control agreement that helped end the Cold War race–the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in response to a long-running dispute over Russian noncompliance with the treaty. Here's why that's counterproductive.
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October 9, 2018
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October 9, 2018
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October 1, 2018
The Skripal assassination attempt was “not a rogue operation,” says UK Prime Minister May.
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September 1, 2018
Five long years have passed since U.S. President Barack Obama proposed and Russian President Vladimir Putin unfortunately rejected negotiations designed to cut their excessive nuclear stockpiles by one-third below the limits set by the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).
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September 1, 2018
The Trump administration is undecided about extending New START.
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September 1, 2018
Russia denies the charge and threatens “countermeasures.”
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August 23, 2018
At their summit in Helsinki, Putin presented the Trump administration with several proposals “to work together further to interact on the disarmament agenda, military, and technical cooperation,” incuding talks on the extension of the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).Following the summit, Trump stated that “[p]erhaps the most important issue we discussed at our meeting...was the reduction of nuclear weapons throughout the world.”
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August 8, 2018
Trump and Putin have an important opportunity to put the brakes on a new, potentially more dangerous, arms race.
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July 28, 2018
Remarks by Thomas Countryman to the International Symposium for Peace in Nagasaki, Japan