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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: Is nuclear stability at risk after New START’s collapse?
Description: The expiration of the New START treaty, the last active nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, marks a significant shift in the global security landscape. For more than a decade, the treaty placed verifiable limits on deployed strategic nuclear warheads and maintained inspection and data‑exchange mechanisms between the two countries. With these provisions no longer in force, longstanding channels of transparency and communication have effectively paused, raising practical questions about how both nations will approach strategic stability going forward.Â
The end of New START comes at a time when U.S.–Russia relat...