Can the U.S. Trust Russia to Abide by New START?

Owen Graham / August 02, 2010

Obama Administration officials have recently been going out of their way to describe Russia as a responsible, reliable, and cooperative treaty partner, despite the release of yet another U.S. State Deport report describing Russian non-compliance with the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) treaty and numerous expert opinions stating otherwise.

As the recent Heritage Foundation Fact Sheet “Top 10 Reasons Not to Trust Russia” demonstrates, Moscow has a record of acting in bad faith with regard to treaties and has pursued policies undermining U.S. national security interest including the most important stated objective of this Administration—nuclear non-proliferation. (more…)