1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Nuclear Arms Control After the Biden-Putin Summit Updated February 28, 2022 After their June 2021 meeting in Geneva, President Biden and Russias President Vladimir Putin released a Joint Statement on Strategic Stability ou
2、tlining a path forward for nuclear arms control and risk reduction. They had already agreed to extend the New START Treaty for five years beyond its planned expiration on February 5, 2021. This treaty limits deployed long-range strategic nuclear weapons but does not address all U.S. and Russian nucl
3、ear weapons or other factors that could affect the risk of nuclear use. The first round of new discussions occurred on July 28, 2021, and a second round occurred on September 30, 2021. A third round, which convened to address concerns about Russias military activities near Ukraine and Russias demand
4、s for security assurances, occurred on January 10, 2022. After Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, the State Department noted that the United States did not “have any plans for the next iteration of the Strategic Stability Dialogue.” Summit Goals When announcing the planned Geneva meeting, the
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