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US-Russia relations

The US and Russia must re-assess their strategic relations in a world without New START

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Weapons

Then-US President Barack Obama and then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issue a joint statement announcing their pursuit of a New START treaty in London in April 2009. (White House photo by Pete Souza.)

New START: To succeed, plan for failure

By John Erath | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Three ways the US should respond to Russia’s suspension of New START

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Weapons

Interview: Steve Fetter on the meaning of Putin’s New START announcement

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

There is no alternative: US-Russian nuclear arms control must restart. Now.

By Connor Murray | Nuclear Weapons

How the war in Ukraine hinders US-Russian nuclear arms control

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Weapons

Resuming New START inspections must be a critical goal of upcoming US-Russia talks

By Rose Gottemoeller | Nuclear Weapons

prototype of Russia's new Poseidon nuclear torpedo

Despite challenges, US-Russian nuclear arms control has its benefits

By Shannon Bugos | Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

Russian honor guard

Introduction—Russia: What to expect next?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Opinion, Special Topics, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

Smolny College Commencement, 2019. Smolny College—the first liberal arts program in Russia—was founded as a dual-degree program between Bard College in the United States and St. Petersburg University in Russia. Last month, the Russian State Prosecutor’s Office labeled Bard College “undesirable,” which criminalized Bard’s decades-long partnership with St. Petersburg University. Photo credit: Bard College. Used with permission.

Why scientists should respond to Russia’s criminalizing of a US educational exchange

By Susan D’Agostino | Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Then-Vice President Joe Biden meets with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Russian White House, in Moscow, Russia, in 2011. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

Our advice to President-elect Biden: Break the dangerous pattern of nuclear competition with Russia

By Jerry Brown, William J. Perry, David Holloway | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Open Skies aircraft taking off

Five reasons why the US should not withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty

By Anna Péczeli | Nuclear Risk