Moscow Might Have Violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty -- Here's How to Respond
April 7, 2014
Summary:
Russia’s march on Crimea might top the United States’ list of issues with its onetime foe. But it is hardly the whole list. Rather, Washington apparently believes that Moscow has also been busy violating the INF, a pact between the two banning the use of certain types of nuclear and conventionally armed missiles. This is no minor matter.
At the moment, Russia’s march on Crimea tops the United States’ list of issues with its onetime foe. But it is hardly the whole list.
Arms control is not a way station on the route to a disarmed world devoid of tension and conflict. Rather, it is a tool of strategy.
