24/02/2026

International report: What comes after the New Start nuclear treaty?

 


What does the end of US-Russia nuclear arms treaty mean for disarmament?


The New Start treaty between the United States and Russia on nuclear arms has expired this month of February 2026.

Signed by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev in 2010, it aimed at stopping the arms race, with a very limited outcome. 




What should happen now that it is not binding the US or Russia to reduce their arsenals?

Prof. Benoit Pelopidas, from CERI Sciences Po, founded the Nuclear Knowledges research centre to study the matter and answered my question for RFI English: 


Podcast to listen to on RFI and Apple Podcast here.

 



Podcast to listen to on RFI and Apple Podcast here.



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