Moscow Says ‘Nyet’ to Biden’s Bid To Restart Talks on Nuclear Arms

The New Start nuclear arms reduction treaty expires in 2026. The lack of dialogue on a successor deal has arms control advocates worried.

AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko
The Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, during his annual news conference at Moscow, January 18, 2024. AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko

Amid an almost endless stream of press reports about Europe’s inability to properly arm itself with conventional weapons, mostly in the context of the Russian threat, the evocation of high-level talks between Washington and Moscow over nuclear weapons seems almost quaint. In any event and despite their significance, such talks won’t be happening any time soon. 

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