America's former Secretary of State Pompeo said today (February 6): "It was correct for President Trump to allow the New START Treaty to expire. Since the treaty was passed 15 years ago, circumstances have changed greatly. We must ensure that any new agreement is structured in a way that enables the United States to effectively contain Russia and China."
Comments: Pompeo's remarks essentially provide political justification for the United States abandoning the last pillar of global nuclear arms control. By packaging the treaty's expiration as "adapting to the changing situation," it is actually an excuse for unilateral military expansion and pressure on China. As the only core nuclear arms control treaty remaining between the U.S. and Russia, its expiration would directly remove the upper limits on the number of nuclear warheads and delivery systems, escalating global strategic instability. Forcing China into the equation and attempting to build a new agreement for "containing China" ignores the real differences in nuclear capabilities among countries, weaponizing and factionalizing arms control tools. This will completely block the space for multilateral negotiations, accelerate the nuclear arms race, and bring global nuclear risks into a high-risk zone.
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