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The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists recently moved its Doomsday Clock to just two minutes until midnight—the closest the clock has come to the destruction of the world since the United States and Soviet Union tested thermonuclear bombs in 1953. Yet how, one could reasonably ask, could the world be more dangerous than it was during the height of the Cold War, even during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962?

Sauli Niinisto, president of Finland, made the remark in a New Year address which seemed designed as a reminder to Putin not to threaten neighbouring countries amid a troop build-up near Ukraine.

Must serve american interests. countries must be held accountable when they break the rules. for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse. >> there you go. secretary of state mike pompeo telling us he thinks russia violated the terms of the treaty announcing the united states will suspend it. it gets to the question. the question everyone wants to know is does this mean a new arms race? the inf treaty in 1987 is seen as one of the pillars of the end of the cold war. does this mean we are going to enter willy nilly into massive nuclear ...

Secretary of state mike pompeo is about to announce the united states will with draw from a nuclear arms treaty with russia. it is raising concerns about the possibility of a new arms race. joining us now, john kirby, a state department spokesperson under president obama and now a cnn military and diplomatic analyst. thank you very much for being with us. let's talk about what's happening here. intermediate range forces treaty has to do with missiles that reach up to 3,000 miles, i think. >> right. >> the administration claim is that the russians have been basically breaking the terms of the t...