JAKARTA, Indonesia — The ongoing Russia-Ukraine tension has sparked questions about the future of Cold War-era arms control treaties involving Washington and Moscow, namely the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces and Strategic Arms Reduction II treaties.
Both Russian and U.S. leaders have stressed the importance of maintaining dialogue regarding nuclear arms control during the conflict in Ukraine. Russia and the U.S. possess the world’s highest numbers of nuclear warheads—with 5,977 and 5.428, respectively, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s 2022 report.
