Alexander Mercouris
February 4, 2026 · 9 min read
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- 1Today marks a critical juncture in international relations as the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear weapons limitation agreement between...
- 2The gravity of this situation cannot be overstated.
- 3What's most astounding is the utter insouciance across the Western world regarding this development.
- 4The United States was offered an opportunity to extend the New START treaty for another year to allow time for new negotiations.
- 5The American thinking seems to be that the United States must achieve at least equality with both China and Russia combined, requiring a massive ra...
Overview
Today marks a critical juncture in international relations as the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear weapons limitation agreement between the United States and Russia, expires. This development places the world in an extraordinarily dangerous position where no treaties exist to limit nuclear weapons acquisition or stockpiling, save for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which appears to be on life support. We haven't seen such a complete absence of nuclear arms control since the late 1950s or early 1960s, before the superpowers first embarked on negotiations leading to the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty.
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