The 1979 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II (SALT II) was a bilateral agreement between the United States and Soviet Union that was negotiated during the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks from 1969-1972. SALT I, the first round, resulted in two agreements: the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and the Interim Agreement. However, due to […]
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (Interim Agreement)
The 1972 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (Interim Agreement), among others, resulted from four years of dialogue between the United States and the Soviet Union known as the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT). The primary objective of both parties was to curb the rapid armament of offensive strategic ballistic missiles, both on land and at […]
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II
The second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) was an agreement on the reduction and limitation of offensive arms signed by U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1993. Though the convention never came into force, it would have banned the use of multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) on intercontinental […]
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I)
The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), signed in 1991, was a bilateral arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. The result of the agreement was the first significant reduction in the number of strategic nuclear weapons in both the U.S. and the Soviet stockpiles. It entered into force in 1994, […]
Russia didn’t take US phone call after Poland missile strike
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Associated Press about the implications of a lack of communication between the United States and Russia in the wake of a mistaken strike in Poland that killed two people. The lack of communication is worrisome, especially given the potential implications of the strike, said John Tierney, executive director […]
