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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
June 2017
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January 8, 2019
The difficulties of getting to “yes” on an agreement to extend New START, much less a subsequent strategic
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December 1, 2018
Bipartisan Experts Urge Trump to Save Nuclear Treaties With Russia
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December 1, 2018
Earlier this year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that “[t]he Cold War is back...but with a difference. The mechanisms and the safeguards to manage the risks of escalation that existed in the past no longer seem to be present.”
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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
October 2018
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October 9, 2018
October 2018
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October 1, 2018
Will the Trump administration let the treaty expire?