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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

In this file photo taken on Wed. June 24, 2020, Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles roll in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Moscow, Russia.

US and Russia extend key nuclear arms reduction treaty

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The World’s host Marco Werman spoke to Lynn Rusten, vice president of global nuclear policy at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, about the New START treaty’s extension and the urgency of follow-up agreements.

US President Donald Trump is shown sitting at a table wearing a dark suit and red tied with the US flag behind him.

US pulls out of Open Skies treaty, Trump’s latest treaty withdrawal

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Two men sit at a desk and sign a paper

As landmark nuclear treaty fades, its Cold War authors ask ‘What next?’ 

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Russian missiles on display.

US suspends weapons treaty compliance with Russia

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Components of SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system are shown encased in long military green metal tube.

US to stop complying with nuclear pact with Russia after talks flop

Two leaders sit at a desk signing a document.

How Trump’s exit from a Cold War-era treaty could trigger a 3-way arms race

Russia has been in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty for more than a decade but the US is set to pull out of the agreement on Feb. 2.

US President Donald Trump is shown out of focus in the near ground with Russia's President Vladimir Putin seen in focus in the background.

Putin says Russia will make banned missiles if US exits arms treaty

The United States delivered Russia a 60-day ultimatum on Tuesday to come clean about what Washington says is a violation of an arms control treaty that keeps missiles out of Europe prompting, a rebuke from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Gorbachev: ‘A new arms race has been announced’

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, denounced on Friday a US decision to leave an arms control treaty that helped end the Cold War, saying it heralded a new arms race which increased the risk of nuclear conflict.