U.S. representatives recently met with Russian counterparts in Vienna to discuss the future of arms control, including the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which expires in February 2021. The backdrop to these discussions is Russia’s poor performance on bilateral and multilateral arms control treaties, and on confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) agreements.
The 2002 Open Skies Treaty (OST) is a confidence- and security-building agreement among 34 nations, including Russia, which allows pre-approved, unarmed aerial observation flights over the entirety of member states’ territory in the interest of transparency.REF
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