Russia's transfer of nuclear weapons to Belarus is irresponsible, but the US has been doing the same for decades. The risk of accidental or deliberate use is high, especially with war nearby.
agreed upon by all parties, putting the future of the treaty in jeopardy. While many of the current debates about the treaty revolve around the lack of progress by the nuclear weapons-possessing states on nuclear disarmament, , nuclear sharing is another point of contention.
Moreover, short-range weapons like those that Russia is transferring to Belarus do not fall under the terms of the New START treaty, which limits the countries’ strategic nuclear arsenals. President Putin has suspended Russia’s participation in the treaty — the last remaining U.S.-Russia arms control agreement — but both sides have pledged to continue to respect its limits. There’s also no treaty covering nuclear-powered autonomous torpedoes, such as Poseidon.
It is time for the U.S. to admit that nuclear sharing is wrong and to negotiate with Russia to end all such arrangements. Reducing the risk of nuclear war, at a time when this existential risk is higher than it has been in decades, should be at the top of both countries’ agendas. Presidents Biden and Putin shouldn’t wait for their own missile crisis to do the right thing.
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