Senior Policy Director John Erath was quoted in The Kyiv Independent for his statement on the expiration of New START.
John Erath, Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said that the end of the New START treaty does not necessarily spell the end of arms control — but cautioned that the agreement’s lapse could trigger a new global arms race.
“Now, both Russia and the U.S. have no legal obstacle to building their arsenals back up, and we could find ourselves reliving the Cold War,” Erath said in statement Feb. 4.
“The good news is, the end of New START does not have to mean the end of nuclear arms control. While New START can’t be extended beyond today, Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could decide to respect the numerical limits the treaty set on nuclear arsenals.” Read more
