His foray into North Korea belies the gamble he is taking with Russia
WHEN President Donald Trump took a few paces inside North Korean territory with Kim Jong Un at Panmunjom on June 30th, the symbolism suggested a determined new push towards easing nuclear tensions. Talks between America and North Korea, stalled since an unsuccessful summit in Hanoi in February, were due to resume in Berlin this week. Away from the world’s cameras, however, the broader picture on nuclear arms control looks very different.
For an extension to be agreed upon, some differences would have to be settled. The Americans worry about Russia’s plans for new weapons, such as the Avangard hypersonic boost-glide system; the Russians have concerns over the way the Americans got within START’s limits, converting nuclear delivery systems into conventional ones rather than destroying them. President Vladimir Putin bemoans the absence of practical moves from the Americans, despite Mr Trump’s earlier expressions of interest.
In theory this makes sense. Bilateral nuclear deals had a logic during the cold war, but Mr Bolton has argued that in today’s multipolar nuclear world that is “conceptually completely backward”. American officials expect China’s arsenal to double over the next decade. Arms-control advocates agree that hypersonic weapons and cyber capabilities pose new threats.
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