The only remaining US-Russia nuclear treaty expires this week. Could a new arms race soon accelerate?
- Written by Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
The New START treaty, the last remaining agreement constraining Russian and US nuclear weapons, is due to lapse on February 4.
There are no negotiations to extend the terms of the treaty, either. As US President Donald Trump said dismissively in a recent interview, “if it expires, it expires”.
The importance of the New START treaty is...
