U.S. Withdrawal from the INF Treaty: What's Next?

Abstract

President Trump first indicated that the United States would withdraw from INF on October 20, 2018. He not only cited Russia's violation, but also argued that the United States is at a disadvantage with respect to China because the latter is not bound by the treaty's limits. On December 4, 2018, after a meeting of NATO's foreign ministers, Secretary of State Pompeo declared that Russia was in material breach of the treaty and announced that the United States would suspend its obligations, effective in 60 days, "unless Russia returns to full and verifiable compliance." This 60-day period ended on February 2, 2019.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 02, 2020
Accession Number
AD1170010

Entities

People

  • Amy F. Woolf

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Congress
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Defense Systems
  • Deployment
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • International Security
  • Launchers
  • Law
  • Materials
  • Military Capabilities
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Sea Based
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Systems Analysis and Design