PONI Debates the Issues Blog

This past Tuesday, the American Security Project hosted an event featuring speaker Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller. The discussion, “New START: A Year Later- How New START Improved our National Security and the Next Steps with Russia,” focused on the legacy of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New Start) since it entered into force on February 5, 2011. Ms. Gottemoeller reported on the strategic and national security benefits provided by the mutual reduction of nuclear forces. Although Goetmoeller highlighted several successes under New Start, including the new verification instruments and increased measures for transparency, the Assistant Secretary also warned of the technical and legislative challenges facing future reduction efforts.