New START: The Contentious Road to Ratification

Authors

Elizabeth Zolotukhina, Project on National Security Reform Case Studies Working GroupFollow

Author Biography

Elizabeth Zolotukhina is Head Editor of the Project on National Security Reform Case Studies Working Group. Her past affiliations include the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute and the Lexington Institute. Ms. Zolotukhina received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include nonproliferation, arms control, and Russia. Her articles have appeared in the World Politics Review and the International Affairs Forum, among others. She can be reached at: elizabethz@gmail.com.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.4.1.5

Subject Area Keywords

Defense policy, International law, International security, Nuclear weapons and nonproliferation, Public diplomacy, Russia

Abstract

Senate ratification of the New START treaty re-established effective bilateral inspection and monitoring of American and Russian nuclear holdings and has the potential to further enhance U.S.-Russian cooperation on key issues, including containing the Iranian nuclear program, and further reductions in the two countries' arsenals. Although the accord was widely heralded as a foreign policy success of the Obama administration, the contentious Senate ratification may impede future progress on arms control.

Recommended Citation

Zolotukhina, Elizabeth. "New START: The Contentious Road to Ratification." Journal of Strategic Security 4, no. 1 (2011) : 69-76.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.4.1.5
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol4/iss1/6