The End of an Era? The INF Treaty, New START, and the future of Strategic Stability

SUMMARY: The article explains how the end of the INF treaty is a “symptom of a much larger problem: the collapse of the existing U.S. – Russia strategic stability framework. The article explains that the framework needs to be updated in order to remain relevant with the key updates to the framework including China and emerging technologies.

IMPORTANCE: The importance of this article comes from its question of whether the Trump Administration can effectively manage the demise of the INF Treaty and what steps need to be taken in order to effectively manage the end of the INF Treaty.