Category Archives: New START

Hyperventilating Over President Obama’s Nuke Policies

By Page | Published: April 8, 2010
Also published here. Today, in Prague, Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev signed a New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START. I’ve written quite a bit about New START; in one of my posts, I described it as a “maintenance agreement”. It’s a big deal that they’re signing it, but it’s also routine. It [...]
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New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Signed

By Page | Published: April 8, 2010
Also published here. One issue that has been front and center for Barack Obama has been nuclear arms control. He even wrote about it in college. During his Senate career, he finally had the opportunity to work on legislation regarding nuclear non-proliferation issues. As President, he has been passionate about how we can work toward [...]
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What’s Next With New START?

By Page | Published: April 4, 2010
Also published here. It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly 19 years since the US and Russia concluded a rather difficult nine years of strategic nuclear arms reduction talks and signed the “Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms”, also know as the START I treaty. This treaty essentially marked the [...]
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