Without disarmament diplomacy, we are speeding recklessly towards a new and more dangerous era of unconstrained U.S.-Russian-Chinese nuclear arms build-up. President Trump has called the expiration of the treaty “a big problem for the world” and has said he wants talks with Russia on “denuclearization.” President Putin has also expressed interest in nuclear arms control talks. Trump claims the two discussed the topic at their snap-summit in Alaska in August.
But it is just not enough for Putin and Trump to express their concerns and vague desires about “denuclearization” as Trump calls it.
ACA is hard at work promoting a pragmatic strategy to renew disarmament diplomacy and apply the brakes on an unconstrained arms race: Our plan begins with: - Trump and Putin agreeing to a simple, informal deal to maintain the existing caps set by New START after the treaty expires. More nuclear weapons won’t make either country safer.
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Because talks on new arrangements or a treaty will take time, they should immediately direct their teams to resume regular bilateral dialogue on strategic stability with the goal of negotiating a more comprehensive and durable agreement framework.
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To broaden the disarmament effort, Trump and Putin should call on China, France, and the UK to report on their total nuclear weapons holdings and freeze their nuclear stockpiles while Russia and the United States pursue deeper verifiable nuclear cuts.
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