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The future of strategic arms control faces a host of problems, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s growing nuclear forces to the challenging geopolitical landscape.

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In a way, Russian-American relations since the fall of the Berlin Wall haven’t changed that much. During the Cold War, the security relationship was characterized as one of mutually assured destruction (MAD). Today, it's still MAD — but now it's mutually assured distrust.

On April 1, 2009, President Obama and Russian President Medvedevissued a joint statement committing both states to arms control negotiations on strategic nuclear weapons. The U.S. should beginthese negotiations with matters that require immediate attention.The U.S. should allow the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty to expirein December rather than rush to negotiate a replacement on such ashort deadline.

"It could lead to a buildup of nuclear weapons systems and a nuclear arms race," says Rose Gottemoeller, who led U.S. negotiations with Russia on New START.