What to Know About New START, the Expiring US-Russia Arms Control Treaty
With New START near an end, both sides have hinted at paths to preserve arms control.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP
The New START treaty, the nuclear arms pact between Washington and Moscow, is set to expire next year. Signed in 2010, it caps deployed long-range weapons and allows inspections to ensure both sides comply.
Without it, the two nuclear powers would face each other with no binding limits for the first time in decades.
Evgenia Filimianova
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Evgenia Filimianova is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of international stories, with a particular interest in foreign policy, economy, and UK politics.
