START: Overcoming Remaining Challenges

During the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and VladimirPutin, the governments of Russia and the United States could not agreeon how to codify their balance of strategic offensive nuclear forces after the existing Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START) expired onDecember 5, 2009.1 The...

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Main Author: Elizabeth Zolotukhina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Henley-Putnam University 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Strategic Security
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=jss
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Summary:During the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and VladimirPutin, the governments of Russia and the United States could not agreeon how to codify their balance of strategic offensive nuclear forces after the existing Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START) expired onDecember 5, 2009.1 The United States and Russia are currently engagedin negotiations to replace START with a new treaty before the end of this year.
ISSN:1944-0464
1944-0472