There is evidence the Russian president is not ignorant of the security benefits of arms control.

Vladimir Putin (R), then Russia’s prime minister, walks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton at the state residence of the Russian president, Novo-Ogaryovo, outside Moscow on June 29, 2010. In his speech to the Russian Federal Assembly last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would stop allowing onsite U.S. inspections of its nuclear arsenal. These inspections are required by the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a bilateral accord between the United States and Russia placing limitations on the total […]

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