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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
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July 13, 2018
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July 1, 2018
Along with festering arms control issues, the meeting will be freighted with questions about U.S. President Trump’s relationship with Russian President Putin in light of Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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June 28, 2018
President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin will meet in Helsinki, Finland July 16 to discuss how to reduce tensions between the nations across a range of issues, including nuclear arms control. The Arms Control Association can provide resources and experts available to shed light on what the two sides can achieve to reduce nuclear risks and what’s at stake if they fail to make progress.
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June 20, 2018
June 2018
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June 1, 2018
With U.S.-Russia relations at the lowest point since the end of the Cold War, arms control efforts are even more vital to contain nuclear risks.
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June 1, 2018
Ex-Spy Survives Nerve Agent Poisoning
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June 1, 2018
Putin Says New ICBM Set for 2020
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May 20, 2018
Action Alert for Madam Secretary Viewers (May 2018)
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May 1, 2018
The issue is whether to extend beyond 2021 the treaty capping nuclear arsenals.