Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty(START): New Developments

The recent round of discussions was held in February 2019 to reduce weapon control by Trump. Both countries showed a willingness to decrease the number of arms to the limit set by them. The arm reduction discussions included all the arms including nuclear arms to put a limit to mutually the number of arms. Due to the disagreement on the talks and it ended without any fruitful results.

The US showed apprehensions on Russia by expressing their concern over their strategic offensive arms to the limit decided by both countries during the discussions. Russia had denied any claims of an increase in its strategic arms.

The trust deficit between US and Russia is a root cause that hinders the arms race. The talks to decrease their missiles and discontinue new missile systems that can create an imbalance. It can become impetuous for stimulating a new arms race among the major states. It can be avoided by initiating confidence-building measures between US and Russia.

In the recent round of new developments, China was added to trilateral strategic arms talks. China was made part of major strategic arms reduction, efforts are made to curtail the spread of arms and to reduce existing weapons to decrease their chances of use in case of conflict. The new round of discussions concluded without a major breakthrough among US and Russia.

All the stakeholders have shown their interest in limiting arms to sustain the stability of the world. One of the major features was to decrease the deployed Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) facilities. The aim was to decrease the infrastructure requires to keep these functional and repairs required in case of any damage to facilities for ballistic missiles.

The sustainable peace of the world can only be possible through mutual efforts of all the parties to make the world more stable. Mutual agreements or treaties are used to take all stakeholders on board to reduce the arms race at the global level. The role of all states mainly major states is significant in determining the future of the arms race. They have to put a limit and the cost of the arms race outweighs the benefits for states. The international treaties particularly, the strategic reduction treaty is to focus on reducing the race of missile development that can threaten the peace of the world.

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