alarm from US arms control negotiators & former US diplomats on @ArmsControlNow call at seeming lack of urgency and uncertainty over even who’s leading process on expiration of new START treaty in 2021. Trump admin position has been issue under interagency review for over a year
former US amb to Russia Jim Collins: most alarming dimension,
over last year, not aware of any senior political people...who have been making the case, if don’t extend new START, you weaken strategic stability. It’s a no brainer.
over last year, not aware of any senior political people...who have been making the case, if don’t extend new START, you weaken strategic stability. It’s a no brainer.
former NSC arms control official Lynn Ruston: the Russians are making it as easy as possible to say yes (to new START extension). And yet we are in this position where the (US) administration doesn’t seem ready to do that. But they don’t have a viable plan B. @ArmsControlNow
Trump says he wants China to be part of a new START treaty, but China says it is not interested, and there has been no US outreach to China on this, @DarylGKimball says. key vacancies at state and nsc, not clear who would take the lead, time short to do extension.
