Although Russia regularly violated the INF treaty, U.S withdrawal may have given Vladimir Putin exactly what he wanted. One that threatens to unleash greater nuclear proliferation around the globe. It’s a classic piece of Trump theater - a nuclear middle finger to the world. President Trump, with support from National Security Advisor John Bolton, has pulled America out from the treaty. Now, the curtains are closing on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between the United States and Russia.
In a world threatened by nuclear capable countries like North Korea and Iran, the implications of the end of nuclear cooperation between Washington and Moscow extend far beyond bilateral arms control.įor thirty years, there was at least the semblance of cooperation between the world’s two biggest nuclear superpowers. It’s a bad time for arms control and for global stability.
