Updated May 2025 The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF, or The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles) was signed on December 8, 1987, and entered into force on June 1, 1988. The treaty required parties to eliminate nuclear and […]
Why New START Matters
By Bernadette Stadler and Helen Thompson Recent media reports that President Donald Trump denounced the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in his first phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin have caused major concern within the nonproliferation community. When Mr. Putin raised the possibility of extending the treaty, which expires in 2018, President Trump reportedly […]
National Advisory Board Member Amb. Thomas Graham Jr. and Center contributor Dr. Jim Walsh Quoted in Foxtrot Alpha
Read the full piece in Foxtrot Alpha. “That treaty is the most important treaty between Russia and the United States since 1991,” Thomas Graham Jr., a former senior-level U.S. diplomat who was involved in every major nuclear arms treaty between 1970 and 1997, told Foxtrot Alpha in an interview. “And you’re on a call with […]
Executive Director John Tierney Quoted in POLITICO
Read the full piece in POLITICO. Former Rep. John Tierney, a Massachusetts Democrat who now runs the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, condemned the notion that the treaty that was signed by President Barack Obama and Putin and ratified by the U.S. Senate, was harmful to American interests. “The New START agreement is one […]
President Trump Wrongly Criticizes Treaty that Limits Russian Nukes Aimed at U.S.
President Trump’s criticism of New START ignores essential facts about the benefits of the bilateral treaty, including how the treaty strengthens U.S. national security through verifiable nuclear weapons reductions and increased transparency. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hazel Correa hcorrea@armscontrolcenter.org 202.546.0795 x2115 Washington, DC – According to media reports, President Donald Trump criticized the New Strategic Arms […]
