After START: Hurdles Ahead

The administration of Barack Obama, as a key element of “resetting” relations with Russia, has prioritized securing a follow-on agreement to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Meeting in London on April 1, 2009, Presidents Obama and Dmitri Medvedev agreed that a new treaty reducing strategic arms would top their agenda. At their July 6-7 summit in Moscow, they defined the basic elements of that treaty.