It’s Time to Stop New START

Putin’s proposed arms control extension is good for Russia and China, but bad for America.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Prague on April 8, 2010. October 16, 2025, 11:42 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed extending the terms of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) by one year. On Oct. 5, U.S. President Donald Trump said that “sounds like a good idea.”

But it is a bad idea. The United States needs to expand its nuclear force to deal with the growing nuclear threat from China, and it should not be constrained by a dated arms control agreement with yesterday’s superpower.

Last month, Russian President

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