End of the New Start

Summary. The New START, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, has expired. With the expiry of this treaty, the US and Russia have entered an unfamiliar territory, with no binding caps, no verified limits and rising uncertainty over how the world's two largest nuclear powers will manage their arsenals in the years ahead. The demise of the treaty is likely to bring about a definitive and alarming end to nuclear restraint between the two powers and even accelerate the global nuclear arms race.