Tag: New START

The End of Treaty Nostalgia: Arms Control After New START

(Frank A. Rose - Just Security) With the expiration of New START, a familiar refrain has returned to the arms control debate: that this...

State Department: No ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ Between US, Russia On Expired Nuclear Treaty

(Alex Raufoglu - RFE/RL) A senior US State Department official has flatly rejected suggestions that Washington and Moscow are informally continuing to observe the...

New START Expiry: Implications for Europe

(Darya Dolzikova​ and Sidharth Kaushal - RUSI) On 5 February 2026, the last US-Russian arms control agreement – the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty...

L’Europa affronta l’incertezza con la fine del trattato New START

(nostra traduzione da Council on Foreign Relations / Gabriela Reitz, Benjamin Harris) I leader europei stanno iniziando a riconoscere che gli Stati Uniti potrebbero non...

Sguardi (New START; Siria; Cuba)

(nostra traduzione da GZero) La fine del New START? Il New START, l'ultimo trattato sul controllo delle armi nucleari tra Stati Uniti e Russia, scade oggi....

Putin Attempts to Shift Nuclear Brinkmanship (Pavel K. Baev – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russian President Vladimir Putin is shifting from overt nuclear brinkmanship to using Russia’s nuclear energy program as a “peaceful” tool of influence, especially through...

(New START) A New Start for Arms Control? (Carnegie Moscow Center)

Andrey Baklitskiy https://carnegie.ru/commentary/83801

(Russia/New START) Kremlin Pleased With Swift Extension of New START (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

United States President Joseph Biden jolted the political-military leadership in Moscow with his eleventh-hour prolongation of the New START strategic nuclear arms control treaty...

(USA/New START) Enhancing Strategic Stability: New START and Beyond (Steven Pifer, Arms Control Association, Brookings)

Arms control offers a tool to enhance U.S. security. After extending the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the Biden administration should...

(UK/New START) UK Foreign Office voices support for Russian-US New START treaty (TASS)

FCDO described the document as "important contribution to strategic stability, transparency and building trust" https://tass.com/defense/1249271

(Japan/New START) Japan hails agreement on New START as important step towards nuclear disarmament (TASS)

At the same time, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary noted that a broader structure on arms control was needed in order to achieve a nuclear-weapons-free...

USA/Russia/New START) Russia, US agree to extend New START on Moscow’s conditions — senior diplomat (TASS)

Sergey Ryabkov emphasized that the decision is mutually beneficial and is the only right one https://tass.com/politics/1249313

(USA/Russia/New START) US, Russia extend New START pact after Biden, Putin phone call (Al Jazeera)

Biden also addressed arrest of Alexey Navalny, Ukraine, and reports of bounties on US soldiers, the White House said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/26/biden-speaks-to-putin-for-first-time-since-taking-office

(Russia/USA/New START) Problems in Russian-US ties cannot derail New START’s extension, Biden says (TASS)

The president recalled that the US intelligence agencies had been tasked with preparing a new evaluation regarding Russia https://tass.com/world/1248771

(NATO/USA/New START/Russia) NATO welcomes US intention to extend New START with Russia (Xinhua, Global Times)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Friday welcomed US President Joe Biden's newly announced intention to extend by five years a bilateral treaty...

(New START) Extending New START allows Biden to demonstrate ‘moderation,’ Italian expert says (TASS)

In his opinion, a discussion of further steps on expanding the strategy of arms reduction, which could have seemed a foundation for a possible...