START Follow-on Negotiations

Problems and Progress

Author(s): Pavel Podvig
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 66
Pages: 8-10
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2009

The 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) has remained in force much longer than anyone expected as attempts to iron out a successor treaty failed. Now the presidents of the US and Russia are committed to reducing their forces to the level of 500-1,100 strategic launchers and 1,500-1,650 warheads. Success depends on whether the two sides can agree on counting rules. Observers also fear a gap in verification measures after the START treaty expires in December and before the new one is ratified.

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