u.s. on able to defend itself which is not the case russia always said the u.s. can defend itself as much as he wants as long as america's defense capabilities don't breach the arms balance that the two countries have established in fact russians have said so many times that they would want to build a joint missile defense system together with the united states and for russia as this new start treaty is really all about balance and equality and that treaty explicitly says the other side can pull out of it if it's some point they deem it threatens their national security russia made it very clear there and as long as the united states respect that precious balance. russia's pushing of those need for those treaties rather for all along the way how crucial is it for the much talked about a reset of relations between the two countries. the wait for the new start has been a long time coming it even missed last year's december deadline when the previous nine hundred ninety nine treaty spawns and there were fears among skeptics that there will be these down time with no

edition host people of his panel about the future of the new arms reduction treaty between russia and the u.s. cross talk coming your way in twenty seconds. if you can. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle start forward or start back with a new strategic arms reduction treaty between russia and the us ever become law obama is putting all his political weight behind senate ratification while many see opponents playing politics in danger and global security. can. discuss ratification of the new start treaty i'm joined by my guests in washington richard burt he's a managing director mclarty associates and a former u.s. ambassador to germany amitai etzioni he's a professor at george washington university and daryl kimball he is the executive director of the arms control association and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect and that means you can jump in anytime you want richard byrd i can like to go to you are should i call you when bassett or because you are one of the chief negotiators of not the chief negotiator for the u

u.s. and russia can now open a new page of cooperation russian lawmakers made it clear they had no objections to the treaty and would pass it as soon as the u.s. did advocates of the treaty see the outcome of the vote not so much as obama's victory but a victory for the whole world which on the one hand is going to have considerably fewer weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand to nuclear superpowers former adversaries actually trusting each other and looking toward an enhanced to provide their security guard a check on our team washington d.c. . bugman a nuclear nonproliferation acts that from the center for american progress think tank in washington d.c. says these start treaty will show other nations that the u.s. and russia are is about well nuclear disarmament. i think senators really had a hard time opposing this i think the arguments in favor of the treaty were were so overwhelming part of the nonproliferation regime is that the big nuclear powers the u.s. and russia agree to start cutting nuclear weapons and then exchange other countries agree not to develop their nuclear ar

relationship in the united states but the point also has to be made that there are enemies of an improved u.s. russia relationship also in russia and and i think this agreement by getting this agreement ratified we will open the doors for greater cooperation in the future ok if i go to you i mean i would like to repeat the question the republicans willing to throw away all of the improvements that we've seen in this bilateral relationship because it really would throw a wrench into the works because they'll be there and do you agree with the ambassador there are people in the political establishment rush would say yes see you can't trust these people see you can't ok and it feeds upon the extremes on both sides unfortunately the extreme in the u.s. seems to be mainstreamed go ahead. very much hope that it will not happen dead people both sides understand again i hope to think it would be a pool but if not we still have a very important list. joined interest and is done by some to point out we have succeeded in finding a close understanding between the two countries i said on some point out that i hav

russia and the u.s. will still hold more than ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so many agree that the value of the new arms reduction treaty is not just in reductions but i think it's also important to say that the significance of the treaty is much larger than the implications for arms control it really does give a lot of momentum and boost to the broader u.s. russia reset and i think puts obama and medvedev on course to cooperate more closely on a whole host of issues and it may well be that this is seen as a turning point in which the russia us rivalry of the past is finally laid to rest for weeks and months the president of the united states all members of his administration the military all living former secretary of state and of defense were calling for senators not to ruin this reset opportunity for u.s. russia relations and the message did resonate with many senators every senator knows when you're trying to get things done relationships matter and the relationship between the united

u.s. and russia well certainly i think the u.s. and russian cooperation on this treaty is a good example to other nations to be more transparent about their nuclear stockpiles and to reduce their nuclear stockpiles so hopefully other nations will follow in this vein certainly this is a good sign for u.s. and russian cooperation. to put more pressure on other countries not to produce nuclear weapons such as north korea and iran and to build greater international cooperation against the further pay for a shoot up and what do you think could be the obstacles to getting it ratified here on the russian side i don't think there will be any i don't think there should be any i think the treaty was not changed by the senate so the russians should have no problem ratifying the treaty all right how much does this new power to going to help moscow and washington boost cooperation do you think in other areas. very much so again u.s. and russian cooperation is essential to reducing nuclear dangers all across the board the spread of nuclear weapo

and some other aspects of the u.s. russia reset and everybody here realizes that the new start is sort of that the mild stopes of this we set that was artie's going to check out reporting from washington d.c. but meanwhile robot god from the center for owns control and nonproliferation says the republicans want to prevent an obama foreign policy victory that's become politicized because the minority party in the senate has said that its first priority is to prevent the reelection of president obama so they are reluctant to support his initiatives and to give him more might appear as a foreign policy success it will be more difficult if it's too late to next year because you must start the process all over again you must hold hearings in the committee comes here will be new senators who will have questions and it will prolonging the whole process and this is in the mutual interests of both the united states and russia and ministration wants to get it passed before the end of the year rather than having extended in the next yea

will be clear cut streets are singing on the center of the months of today in house wrangling russia and u.s. lead the start agreement new symbol of trust between the two nations. but some differences between them remain russia disappointed with the u.s. voting against a draft u.n. resolution condemning the increasing glorification of notes as i'm sure to respond moscow is still adopted as it was supported by hundred twenty nine states. and an economic forum in beijing china said it would help that region in economies to tackle the crisis experts on the informal make the continent what it pendant on the regime. next with the iran's nuclear program and the concerns surrounding its you know special interview. with now have been in bergman a senior israeli military and intelligence analyst and author of the book the secret war with iran dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. most welcome so to cut to the chase is israel planning an attack on iran well i put it i would put it this way israel would like to attack israeli leaders understand the possible horizon.

u.s. respects that balance in russia the outcome of the vote in the u.s. senate has been welcomed from many in moscow it's a signal that the u.s. and russia can now opening a new page of cooperation russian lawmakers made it clear they had no objections to the treaty and would pass it as soon as the u.s. did advocates of the treaty see the outcome of the vote not so much as obama's victory but a victory for the whole world which on the one hand is going to have considerably if you were weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand to nuclear superpowers former adversaries actually trusting each other and looking to work in hands to provide their security get a check on our team washington d.c. . and we will of course bring you more on the ratification of the start nuclear arms cuts treaty later this throughout the night so we can stay with us for that. russia's most famous female agent is now starting a political career it seems as one of the leaders of the youth movement anna chapman became known worldwide after the spy scandal earlier this year betwe

u.s. respects that balance in russia the outcome of the vote in the u.s. senate has been well come from many in moscow it's a signal that the u.s. and russia can now open a new page of cooperation with the militants president obama did a really good job under rather difficult conditions he managed to get this important treatments approved in the senate and security for the next few years will be based on this treaty and in general i can say that it's easy for me to work with president obama because he can really listen to me and he he's not impeded by stereotypes and what is probably the most important thing for a politician the cool he keeps his promises the russian lawmakers made it clear they had no objections to the treaty advocates of the treaty see the outcome of the vote not so much as obama's victory but a victory for the whole world which on the one hand is going to have considerably. you were weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand two nuclear superpowers former adversaries actually trusting each other and looking to work and in hand to

national security a world without buying u.s. russia arms control treaties is a more dangerous world the obama administration is going out of its way to have the deal ratified the president's arguably major foreign policy chief meant is on the line not only does the start cut nuclear arsenals of both countries by a third it's also seen as a symbol of trust between the two nuclear superpowers russia has cooperated with us on critical issues to our national security like iran sanctions transit to supply our troops in afghanistan working on securing loose nuclear materials and the relationships and trust that are built from the new start treaty spill over into a whole host of other national security issues that are vital importance to american fees schoo of trust in america's reputation globally was addressed by the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee every senator has an obligation to ask that question of themselves over the course of these next days are we a credible partner can other nations rely on us what happens when t

u.s. and canada studies in moscow to discuss the treaties future russia and the u.s. may be resetting their relations but the country still fail to see i had a i to eye on many issues the us was one of few countries to vote against a resolution condemning the glorification of naziism that was adopted by the united nations table by russia on a stasia churkin a looks at the possible reasons behind the us decision. we have one hundred twenty nine countries saying they want to fight against the glorification of not citizen and then the united states says no but we don't want to sign up to that document this is especially interesting because the united states obviously fought against naziism in the second world war and this is one of those rare opportunities when we have countries like iran and israel even agreeing on an issue which almost never happens but here is the united states who does not want to go along with everyone else over the last several years there have been documents leaked and declassified revealing us cover ups of nazis right after the second world war o

and some other aspects of the u.s. russia reset and everybody here realizes that the new start is sort of a milestone of this reset. he's going to can reporting there from washington d.c. well the talks over the atomic treaty get peter lavelle's crosstalk panel fired up in about two hours time here's a preview. there are enemies of an improved u.s. russia relationship in the united states but the point also has to be made that there are enemies of improved u.s. russia relationship also in russia and i think this agreement by getting this agreement ratified we will open the doors for greater cooperation in the future ok if i go to you you agree with me ambassador there are people in the political establishment rush would say yeah i see you can't trust these people see you can't ok and it feeds upon the extremes on both sides unfortunately the extreme in the u.s. seems to be mainstream i. think you can. i. now of the start treaty is the basis of rebooting relations between moscow and washington another reset of ties on the tabl

our enemies of an improved u.s. russia relationship in the united states but the point also has to be made that there are enemies of an improved u.s. russia relationship also in russia and i think this agreement by getting this agreement ratified we will open the doors for greater cooperation in the future ok if i go to you you agree with the ambassador there are people in the political establishment rush would say yeah i see you can't trust these people see you can't ok and it feeds upon the extremes on both sides unfortunately the extreme in the us seems to be mainstream i. want. i. well the start treaty is the basis of rebooting relations between moscow and washington another reset of ties on the table this time between russia and the european security group fifty six member states of the a west c e have gathered in kazakhstan for its first top level summit in more than a decade their russian president dmitry medvedev is pushing for a new security treaty for europe and it's ready to resolve differences over conventional

u.s. senate after months of delays and wrangling russia and u.s. agree the start deal is just a new symbol of trust between the two nations. but some differences between them remain with russia disappointed with the u.s. and voting against a u.n. resolution condemning. the initiative. was still adopted as it was supported by one hundred twenty nine states. in beijing china said it would help. crisis experts warn the move will make the continent more dependent on beijing. next we'll look at iran's nuclear program and the concerns surrounding it and our special interview. with. military and intelligence analyst and author of the book the secret war with iran dr thank you very much for joining us. so to cut to the chase is israel planning an attack on iran well i put it i would put it this way israel wouldn't like to. is really neat is on.

u.s. and russia can make that deal and that we now have to move forward. we'll bring you more analysis of the start treaty approval in the u.s. from leading experts throughout the day we're also on the story online where you can give us your reaction at r.t. dot com. also online right now prime minister putin shows young trainees that you can't beat a black belt even at fifty eight years old as he takes the time to head to the mat in st petersburg to show them a thing or two about how it's done. and the chapman movement moves from being a world renowned spy to a leading role in the russia's next generation politics all the details online right now at r.t. dot com. north korea says it's ready to use its nuclear deterrent and what it calls a secret war against the south the north's defense minister's statement was reported by state media the minister accused seoul of deliberately stoking tension by staging successive joint military drills with the u.s. next to north korean territory he said this latest exercise one of the largest in the south's history was an

russia and the u.s. of the world's two biggest nuclear powers holding over ninety percent of the global nuclear stockpile and this new start treaty is significant because it not only can't say rascal's but it also sets an example to other nations to follow suit in trying to achieve overall long term aim of nonproliferation and for more on the details of this treaty means. you can now listen to my colleague on it's a can in washington d.c. . the vote. on this man on this sort of resolution are seventy one days twenty six nays two thirds the senate president having voted in the affirmative the resolution of ratification is agreed to. and with this approval russian the u.s. will start the new year with a treaty that has become a symbol of trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers i am glad that democrats and republicans came together to approve my top national security priority for this session of congress the new start treaty. this is the most significant arms control agreement in nearly tw

u.s. and russia can now open a new page of cooperation russian lawmakers made it clear they had no objections to the treaty and would pass it as soon as the u.s. did advocates of the treaty see the outcome of the vote not so much as obama's victory but a victory for the whole world which on the one hand is going to have considerably fewer weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand to nuclear superpowers former adversaries actually trusting each other and looking toward an enhanced to provide their security get a check on our team washington d.c. . and obviously direct so the new peace foundation in new york a longtime companion of american and world nuclear disarmament says the deal's just one step in the right direction. as far as the cuts go it's a modest treaty because let's face it there are twenty three thousand nuclear weapons on the planet and twenty two thousand are in the united states they're talking about cutting deployed weapons those are the ones that are on notice ready to fire from twenty two hundred down to fifteen hundred and that's good but what's even more important

u.s. respects that balance in russia the outcome of the vote in the u.s. senate has been will come from many in moscow it's a signal that the u.s. and russia can now opening a new page of cooperation russian lawmakers made it clear they had no objections to the treaty and would pass it as soon as the u.s. did advocates of the treaty see the outcome of the vote not so much as obama's victory but a victory for the whole world which on the one hand is going to have considerably fewer weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand two nuclear superpowers former adversaries actually trusting each other and looking to work hand in hand to provide their security guy to check on our team washington d.c. . ivan eland a political analyst from the independent institute think tag says the nuclear cut steel is an important step and even those who put up objections to it recognize this. they arms control has always been sort of the central. pillar of the relationship ever since the cold war is on and that's still the case because the most important thing in the world

here with here's a look at the top stories of the week historic arms reduction deal between russia and the u.s. goes had in both countries for lower house of russia's parliament voted to give initial approval to the remains on friday after it was approved for ratification by the u.s. senate few days earlier. tensions fly high on the korean peninsula as pyongyang threatens a sacred nuclear war if so carries out war of war games speaking on state t.v. even north troops have accused the south of provoking them into attacking the young island last month. warsaw questions russia's findings in a plane crash which killed the former polish president and ninety five other people the late leader's brother claims the body buried in cracow doesn't belong to experts say moscow as conducted a thorough investigation. from wiki leaks to this spring's polish plane crash the russian president has given his frank views on the events that shaped two thousand and ten sitting down with the country's leading t.v. channels dimitri need to be out of looked at the highs and lows of the passing year and we bring you the