A sudden feud, an impasse or a first step toward a cease-fire are all possible at the summit in Alaska as the two leaders navigate thorny issues such as Ukraine’s territory and NATO expansion.
Tag: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Russia Says It Will Stop Abiding By INF Treaty
The United States has accused Russia of violating the pact, which expired in 2019, for more than a decade.
Thomas Neff, Who Turned Soviet Warheads Into Electricity, Dies at 80
An M.I.T. physicist, he engineered an East-West deal that reduced nuclear threats and produced one of the greatest peace dividends of all time.
Putin Vows to Make New Nuclear Missiles and Weigh Putting Them Near NATO Nations
The announcement appeared to be the Russian leader’s latest attempt to raise the stakes in his conflict with the West, coming less than two weeks after his visit to North Korea.
U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts
China’s expansion and Russia’s threats of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine and in space have changed a U.S. drive to reduce nuclear weapons.
U.S. Warns Allies Russia Could Put a Nuclear Weapon Into Orbit This Year
The American assessments are divided, however, and President Vladimir Putin denied having such an intention, saying that Russia was “categorically against” it.
Russia Pulled Out of a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Here’s What That Means.
In de-ratifying the agreement, Moscow removed another brick in the wall of formal arms control intended to limit proliferation.
U.S. Will Try to Bring China Into Arms Control Talks
The nuclear order established during the Cold War is under more stress than at any point since 1962, but efforts to negotiate with Beijing are unlikely to succeed anytime soon.
China Is on Track to Become Nuclear Superpower, Ushering in New Age
China is on track to massively expand its nuclear arsenal, just as Russia suspends the last major arms control treaty. It augurs a new world in which Beijing, Moscow and Washington will likely be atomic peers.
Blinken Confronts Lavrov in First Meeting Since Ukraine War
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said he told Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, that Moscow must end its war against Ukraine and return to a nuclear arms control treaty.