New Start Treaty

On Wednesday, the United States Congress approved the New Start treaty. This treaty is between the United States and Russia, and through it "Russia and the United States will cut deployed nuclear warheads by 30%." Boris Gryzlov, the speaker of Russia's lower house, is likely to approve the treaty on Friday. However, the upper house in Russia probably won't be able to approve the New Start treaty before the end of the year. This treaty is to be the biggest "arms control agreement" in about twenty years, President Obama said, and will keep everyone safer.

I think that this is a very good agreement. Anything that will hopefully keep nuclear weapons under control is beneficial for not only Russia, but also the United States. It would be even better if treaties such as this were not limited to two countries, but were shared by any countries around the world that are in possession of nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that all of those countries will participate in such an agreement.

Source: BBC News--"Russia applauds US vote to back nuclear arms treaty"