2007. Kremlin. Putin Threatens to Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty.
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2007. Kremlin. Putin Threatens to Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty.
“President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the United States George W. Bush sign the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty in Moscow on 24 May 2002” under public domain by The White House.
In the early 1990s, Russia had dropped its no-first-use pledge on nuclear weapons, indicating a shift in their nuclear strategy. In 2000, Vladimir Putin addressed the issues of the START II treaty with the US, a treaty aimed at reducing nuclear arsenals of both countries. Putin and US President George W. Bush agreed to engage in arms dialogue in 2001. However, the relationship between the US and Russia began to deteriorate when the US pulled out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, an agreement between the US and Russia that had been in place since 1972. Putin called the move a mistake, and the two countries were in disagreement about missile defense systems.
In May 2002, Bush and Putin signed a historic anti-nuclear treaty, which aimed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in each country's arsenal. However, tensions continued to escalate, with Russia leaving the West in 2006, and Putin threatening to withdraw from the nuclear treaty in October 2007. Putin argued that the US missile defense system threatened Russia's security, and that Russia needed to have nuclear parity with the US.
The threat of withdrawal from the nuclear treaty caused concern worldwide. Putin argued that the US was creating an unipolar world that threatened Russia's security, and that the only way for Russia to protect itself was to maintain its nuclear weapons. However, negotiations between the US and Russia continued, and in 2009, the two countries signed an agreement aimed at reducing their nuclear arsenals.
Despite the agreement, tensions between the US and Russia continued, with Putin announcing plans to build weapons to offset planned US missile defenses in 2009. The relationship between the two countries remained strained, and in 2019, the US pulled out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, further escalating tensions.
In conclusion, Putin's threat to withdraw from Russia's nuclear treaty with the US in 2007 was a response to the deteriorating relationship between the two countries. The US pulling out of the ABM Treaty had caused tensions between the two countries, and Putin argued that the US missile defense system threatened Russia's security. While negotiations between the two countries continued, tensions remained high, with Putin announcing plans to build weapons to offset planned US missile defenses in 2009. The relationship between the two countries continued to be strained, and the US's withdrawal from the INF Treaty in 2019 further escalated tensions.
Written in part in collaboration with ChatGPT on March 29, 2023
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Sources for 2007. Kremlin. Putin Threatens to Withdraw from Nuclear Treaty:
Putin Addresses Start II Issues - CBS News March 31, 2000
Russia: Clinton, Putin Make No Deal On Nuclear Shield - RFERL June 6, 2000
Bush, Putin Agree To Arms Dialogue - The Washington Post July 23, 2001
Bush-Putin: The End of the End of the Cold War | OP-ED - BROOKINGS November 13, 2001
Bush Pulls Out of ABM Treaty; Putin Calls Move a Mistake - The New York Times December 13, 2001
U.S. quits ABM treaty - CNN December 14, 2001
President Bush, Russian President Putin Sign Nuclear Arms Treaty - THE WHITE HOUSE May 24, 2002
Bush and Putin sign historic anti-nuclear treaty - The Guardian May 24, 2002
Russia Leaves the West - Foreign Affairs July 1, 2006
‘Punish France, Ignore Germany, Forgive Russia’ No Longer Fits | OP-ED - BROOKINGS September 1, 2007
Putin threatens withdrawal from cold war nuclear treaty - The Guardian October 12, 2007
Missile Disagreement - DW October 12, 2007
Putin says Russia threatened by "Unipolar World" - Reuters November 4, 2007
Russia says it must have nuclear parity with U.S. - Reuters December 7, 2007
First steps towards U.S.-Russian nuclear deal - Reuters April 23, 2009
U.S.-Russia Nuclear Agreement Is First Step in Broad Effort - The New York Times July 6, 2009