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on al jazeera, russia says it suspending the last remaining euclid treaty with united states. the new stock deal limit the number of nuclear warheads the to suit how can deploy. so what does this mean? and could it trigger and arms right? this is inside stored. ah, very welcome to the program. i'm nick clock, not russian president vladimir putin says his country is suspending its role in the new strategic arms reduction treaty or start. he made the announcement on tuesday had a speech ahead of the 1st anniversary of the start of the war and ukraine. now thought limits the strategic nuclear arms also to both russia and the united states. putin

. the said russia was not completely withdrawing from the treaty, but it is due to lapse in 2026 and that will remove the last constraint on the arsenal of the world. 2 major nuclear pads are faulted, explains the history of the new start, the strategic arms reduction treaty 1st signed by president bush and gorbachev in 1990. 1 has been part of a nuclear weapons framework in some form, ever since. barack obama and dmitri meditative inaugurated successor new start in 2010. under its terms, russia in the united states, owners of 90 percent of the world's nuclear weapons would limit the deployed strategic warheads to $1550.00. and the long range missiles and bummers to $700.00 each side could inspect the other sites to ensure compliance up to $800.00 times a year. but inspections were hosted 1st by code 19 and then by deteriorating relations since brushes invasion of ukraine. on tuesday in moscow, vladimir putin announced russia was suspending its membership. he said in response

to hostile us action, you would keep it and you can't get it. and now they want to inspect our defense objects in the current condition of confrontation that takes place today. it sounds like nonsense us russia relations on nuclear weapons have been strained for years. the united states pulled out of the anti ballistic missile treaty in 2002, and let the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty in 2019 accusing russia, developing a cruise missile that breached its terms. experts fear a breakdown of the architecture that for decades has rained in nuclear arsenals. we seem to be losing the last bilateral relationship governing nuclear weapons. so we could have an arms race after this. and that races not existed because of this agreement because of the inspections the backup, the intelligence both states have. and so you have one of those pillows being taken away. joe biden agreed

a 5 year extension to new start when he took office in 2021. saturday. putin emphasized his action was a suspension, not withdrawal, but his rays, the prospect of a treaty lapsing in 2026. he also said he had put new nuclear systems on combat duty and pledge to resume nuclear testing if the united states did the same. hurry faucet al jazeera. ah, for more of this now joined by guest in alexandra virginia is donell jensen, russia director at the us institute of peace. he's also a former us diplomat in moscow and a format saved weapons inspector. impacts done in the hall is robbie actor, a director of the center for security strategy and policy research at the university of the whole. and revenue specializes in nuclear security in deterrence . and finally in moscow is dimitri bobbitt. choose a political commentator for us yet. so you've got new news agency owned and

operated by the russian government. welcome to you all. good to have you here for this important discussion. and donald, i like to talk with you 1st. if i may, before we get into what all this means and what the indications are, can we 1st just try me understand how important the treaty is? what function it has had and how it has been keeping things in check? well, 1st of all, it's as both important as a technical agreement. it's important as a political agreement. it's the last main pillar of the very important security architecture that russia to show that union and the united states developed during the cold war. i was involved in negotiations was. ready painstakingly detailed and i personally think that it's very important that this treaty remain in place. but however, it depends on trust. and when that trust involves allowing onside inspections that

trust allows that trust involves data exchangers matters like that. so while president reagan said, trust but verify, you can verify only with technical exchanges and on site inspections. so if this treating goes or shake then or is weakened, then i think we're in a way back to early. ready cold war where the entire security architecture for strategic stability is gone. so this is a very, very important thing. both sides, i think need to be careful. both sides. i think, at the end of the day want a renewal or adaptation. but to some extent, it's caught up and the tension between the 2 countries that are going on, right? we'll get into that. not robbie. so each site could inspect each other's sites. so that enabled and prevented things from spiraling. and now i guess it's harder to monitor the compliance and that's the issue. is it? yes. so under this

a present in verification and the inspection of each of the size was very important part of it. and now what basically the u. s. gets to lose and all of this is to the national technical means on ground inspections. and then they will not know as to what's going on the various developments that russia planning going to head, but also under this acreage. and, you know, both sides had committed to deploying no more than 1515 strategic nuclear warheads, and a maximum of 700 long range missiles and wanders. and the good thing is that even though russia has suspended, it has not completely withdrawn on the tv and the states oblige by their obligation . and that's the point, isn't it? dmitri babich at because they haven't pulled out, they have suspended. but potentially we got this whole renewal process coming up in

4 years time. if relations do not improve, we could have a situation where the whole international arms control regime has as all but collapse because we've already had other agreements that have gone in the trump era . you are absolutely right about the extension in 4 years. let me remind you of that. tromp was doing with a year or not extension this p t in the beginning of 2021. so it was a relief in law school where the president, by the extended however, also let me remind you that initially it was russia who insisted on this limit to the number of warheads. because on wednesday night, which, which could increase the number always walk heads or keep them operational. russia was tied to money. you know,

we didn't have the resources to produce more warheads. and it was pretty costly to, to maintain that level over $1500.00. agreed in this treaty, so basically it was russia for. busy more. busy transparency for more reductions and president bush, the junior was very welcome initially to make it the detail of the agreement, he just said, if you remember where the whole game is, the cold water. so let's not go into details, let's not make any obligation. it was roger quin assistance that that should be expection and that should be a very or pretty detailed document. let me remind you that the rear induction treatise on the 17th. they were big books, you know, which details everything. yeah. now, or the point where we're compliant is going to be very hard to monitor dmitri to just briefly, if you would,

if we have the impression he said that he will states the limits of $1500.00 nuclear weapons. i'm just wondering why does it even matter? because 1500 nuclear weapons is enough to send us all sky high anyways. well, i think you mentioned that in his speech, little by little, the congress that you gave wrong. even china, they become an important nuclear power. i mean, they always had. busy they are all gaping, but it was in comparable to the nuclear arsenals. busy the union and denied the states. now it's starting to change. and obviously in his speech system that the france and britain of their potential should be also included because they revealed themselves to be very horsed out the rush in the last 8 years since the legal government was almost done by the so called revolution in ukraine. so this is the

logical and i guess, okay, so what about you read what you, what you're thinking about it, what's your think that'd be preaching motivation behind this? he's been boxed into a corner, so he's laying out his card. so i believe that, you know, there are 15 last country you who have come together to address your community with additional offenses and he goes and now the banks are being added, but which one of them is talking about a diplomatic solution. none of them, you know, so all of these countries laid by the u. s. and angel happening, dismissive of russia security been done. and here i am like sitting in boxes. i'm thinking good. what is this was boxes on the back. you know, bonded done the same thing, you know, putting misers in giving umbrella, to what could have happened. so russia definitely strengthened and pushed into a corner. and this is just killing as this is just telling united states that if

any city in us was risking, you know, so i think it is a dime to condense, it says bondo russia signaling. and the reason that they're not withdrawing and just using suspension is also buying time they're doing, i should be testing us as done. i should be in testing. and both of them, i just, you know, trying to finish as a signal that we are going to be ready to do that. but it is part of broader signaling to each other and partially. but i think russia definitely is cornered and used as the garden. it's playbook in order to not be the one to go down 1st. right? donal jensen, no one is talking about a diplomatic solution rusher is, has been pushed into a corner. do you think the west has gone too far in ami ukraine as talk of supplying f sixteens?

well, there's talk about supplying fix teams. however, they're not supplying fixed days. the u. s. has made it quite clear. there are limits to support for ukraine in the sense only that they do not want any attacks on russia. i don't think russia is in a corner. i don't think the us push too far. i think that this is actually a, basically a unifying western response to a war, russian invasion of ukraine, which is a violation of international law. but if i could go back to, i believe, demetrius point, i think that it's a key moment for start architecture, for a number of reasons. number one is the fact that theoretically, i don't think that will happen. but theoretically, both sides could deploy and developed more strategic nuclear weapons. however, as dmitri shad, the chinese, in particular, appear to be building up their nuclear forces. the start training does not take that into account at all. so any revise training probably would be best served by

having the chinese as participants so far they're not that interested. the 2nd phenomenon would be the development of new weapon systems. the ability of conventional weapons to inflict massive destruction is higher than ever before. their space weapons, cyber. there are a hyper velocity weapons with the kremlin, is bragged about which are not nuclear necessarily. all those new systems are coming online at a time when start is under attack. so both sides all sides have to think through the strategic calculus right now. it's a good time for it. and it's unfortunate that the war has gotten where we saw yesterday with the rush of suspending our participation where there is certainly now an opportunity to rethink the whole concept of player fresh and the john bolton, who served as national security advisor during the trump administration. he said that you, you start as a bad deal disney and said that if it does appeared to morrow,

wouldn't trouble me at all. and he pointed to what you just mentioned that china should be the main concern. and they should be brought into the fold and possibly we should bring, you know, others into the fold as well at that point in time, robbie: and maybe india as well. you're right. you know, perhaps it is for the job. the new care, central architecture undergoes division, and the top 3 united states, china and russia, now need to sit down and probably be chalk out something. what's nice about this alluded to idea about merging technologies and new set back and reach that is coming into play. there is no strategic control to address those. so i guess the diners opportune right now and yes, nobody has to use anything. russia believe is not uni laterally responsible for the breakdown of the control architecture today. it was george bush in 2000,

do really naturally the drew from the end to the listing as a treaty. and then it was president from last me to do us from the i n f treaty. and at that time to united states was pointing fingers address and russia blinding thing is that the us, the boats by leaking the of the treaty and russia said that if us can make on drawing, that's where you will into brown, long food group. and why should they adhered to the treaty installation anyway? so i think that this new emerging technologies, a new weapon systems, new architecture needs to come in place. and this is the right time for that. dimitry babich, is this about getting president biden to approach russia starting to go stations to try and in the wall? is that what let me put is trying to do is, is that how he's playing his cards? i think nuclear weapons to important issue by itself. you know,

however, i agree with that though, of course it was no fortune who destroyed the system. a launch control, she rightly mentioned a b, m, p t s grabbed by the united states iron f creek is grabbed by the united states. let me also remind you all of the conventional forces in europe treat dollars is right, and conventional weapons are becoming very destructive. and unfortunately it was the west that just refused to review this treaty. according to the old people signed in 1992, a walk into stone, you are still on the soviet control ration control of russia was the right to require the review of the treaty, which is now dead. actually however, i agree with you that the, of course rash will do some kind of negotiation on your brain with the united states because. busy the ukrainian government on the mr. lansky look,

they have been unable to produce any tangible agreements. the trust between august is almost 0, especially after your grand but out over piece negotiation. so last year in march. so roughly, what do i go with the united states when you green? but i don't think investigations. nuclear arms will be one of their bargaining chips, and that's too important that will be set aside and decided separately. i hope, right? what it seems that the nuclear treaties was only this one, the start treat is, is a bargaining chip, a rubber what, what does a world without a start treaty? like if we come up to for your time and then one isn't going to the relations is still to 4. and then everybody's after that we look at an arms race be already out of an ounce range. like i said, you know, big, big knology on existence and the whole list that has been just for the forward

we already the world is already in a situation in countries like india and india and focus on quite a thing has to be just jane with china and anything that does to modernize it forces, you know, i'd say that is doing because you, china doing it in china say that there's during, because us is doing it in august on being into strategic at the end of the strategic chain is, is suffering because of the new care that's being spiraling out of control. so i don't think so in 40 a time. if you don't have new shars or something that your life or both countries getting back together, you have much to lose the i think actually the order that was in place. that was the board in beauty control during the whole large, long, dead and gone. it is sign that if the strategic competition between united states, china and russia, needs to be set up as a new st base architecture needs to be brought about, which is only going to benefit countries like in politics on north korea. and

israel go just, it's interesting, i would like to respond to that, but it's interesting because it wasn't that long ago, was it that president obama was, was talking about, well, power is working towards weld without nuclear weapons at all. it shows how quickly things can collapse. that was always sort of an idea listed and unrealistic aspirations. you remember back in the eighty's gorbachev and reagan talked about the same thing. so i have that we have to be realistic. and one of the things you have to be realistic about are the categories, the weapons levels that this treaty has. these weapons are expensive, they take many years to get online and 50570804 launchers is sceptical framework from within which to work. i would, by the way, disagree with a narrative about the us non compliance. but let's not get to that. the problem

is that we are attorney point as my to counterpart set, and we need to be very serious about where we go, where we go next. one of the interesting dramas we've seen is that some people have tried to keep the strategic discussion away from the war and re ukraine. i think that personally, i think that would be useful, but we've not been able to completely do that. and as we saw yesterday, both crises are now lot tied together. we need to separate those and make progress on strategic arms. stability, not reduction necessarily much to build a as best we can going forward now. and that's why the, that 2 or 3 years we have left after the start extension is very, very important. why do we want, what are the russians want? what's the chinese want? how can we create a balance? and all these nuclear powers taking into account new systems. that's a key strategic challenge that takes time. and i'm worried that we're running out

of time damage your garbage. let's bring it back to the ukraine war, the war and ukraine itself on russia, suspending the treat you in russia's foreign minister, says the united states must make a conscientious effort to de escalate and create conditions for full functioning of the treaty. what does that mean? leave ukraine alone. oh no. just to limit at least limit asked by ration. so over the government in yeah, let me remind you of that just recently in the sky. he said. busy you was going to recall, kur premier and obviously the russian leadership is taking this seriously. you know, there are what the vacation of works now start in increasing the, to protected from a possible invasion. let me remind you of that. the crimea has been a part of russia for 8 years. now. there are 2000000 people living there. i will not go into history. it was actually bars in that lead the

18th century soldiers tonight, the states. but of course it would be a tragedy if you great tries to take your bad so that the dog, the responsible dog people like victoria newland about possible strikes against the graeme. yeah, that should stop. and that would ease the situation in gordon, of course, possible us over some destructive weapons, not necessarily weapons of mass destruction, but just when the old, 27 conscious of the european union. and also got there's a need to talk about the need of ration defeat and when they found weapons or was that makes people in moscow, nervous and angry. and the situation should be going. i think this is what more school wants and what you should want if you,

if it cared about it's about it's kind of rubbing how much of a tight rope do you think the world is walking right now because of this and, and the corner of the vladimir putin finds himself and may well find himself in as time goes on. if, if things go against the russian offences, i think there's a dangerous time, not only for the world, but specifically for the region itself. all russia wants, i believe, is to maintain builders, to be a battery and at once. and it keeps making references to a global work order, which is it was based on not only the rules that the u. s. wants the rest of the world to follow, but in which russia and china also have a faith. and this strategic obligation of that us is involved in the district to china, on one hand in the district, russia, and does not serve the others because it,

all the things that us is doing to modernize its forces. both nuclear and conventional you are, you must have seen the nuclear posture reviews that have come out in 20182022 are escalate dory and offensive in nature. it's all they talk about making smaller, usable, new laws yield in nature, which means that back is the use of l. so the world is changing due to us distraction with more emerging technologies and more set of new re added onto it. but no arms controls talk happening any there. so if there's a dangerous time for all of us to think about it, it's too busy going, you know, digital age and hypersonic age in the age of a guy is going to be sustainable and coming to the diligence and you'd like to respond to that. and also the real point of view is the well, that

a less safe place right now. i believe, yes, the world is a less safe place. but to some extent, that's also their fault of china and russia. china and russia are directly challenging that rose bass international order, the build up strategic nuclear forces, for example, by the chinese has gone on for 20 years day. the report that my counterpart talked about is really a relatively late us response to modernization of both the russian and chinese nuclear forces. i think it is a dangerous time. i think it's, everybody should start thinking about how to manage these very serious challenges that the 3 of us are talking about today. and i think there are away ways to do that on ukraine. of course, we're back to the, the russian narrative, which is simply wrong. crimea is not part of russia. it's not part of russia by international law. and russia, for example, in the ninety's was

a part of the budapest memorandum which guaranteed ukraine security. what we have, however, is a brutal, violent war against a demo democracy, frankly, which are russia try to justify unsuccessfully with the various rationale, is that nobody, nobody really believes. so as i said, as my partners who said it's a dangerous moment, is it more dangerous today? yesterday? probably asked, but i think the very interesting comments from pollution and today by russian officials that they are not going to go ahead and violate to start limits quickly or ref regarding if they're testing, show that both russia and i think the united states wants to move forward with a follow on start either riser, revisions and current agreement, or a new agreement, taking into account the factors and all of it talked about here this morning. all right, donald, thanks for that diligence and everybody thanks very much indeed. we've run out of time to appreciate your time don't jensen. i really like to dimitry babich. thanks

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