Nuclear Disarmament’s Asian Pivot

While US President Barack Obama delivered on his promise to negotiate a New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia in 2010, disarmament efforts have since stalled. To break the deadlock, the current bilateral framework for negotiation must be transformed into a trilateral framework that includes China.

WASHINGTON, DC – In 2009, US President Barack Obama pledged to seek a world without nuclear weapons. But, while he delivered on his promise to negotiate a New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia a year later, progress has since stalled. To break the deadlock, the current bilateral framework for negotiation, which has remained largely unchanged since the Cold War, must be transformed into a trilateral framework that includes China.

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