Moving on From the New START: Is A Bilateral Arms Deal Between the US and Russia Necessary?
Obama and Medvedev sign the Prague Treaty, 2010. On February 5, 2026, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between Russia and the United States expired after sixteen years of operation. The treaty, modeled after previous arms deals dating back to 1991, limited the number of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles to 700 and the number of nuclear warheads to 1,550. The deal also placed restrictions on Russian submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). The end of the New...
