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Article: After Helsinki, the hard work.(includes summary of the highlights of the summit on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II)
- Article from:
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Article date:
- July 1, 1997
- Author:
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The chief goals of the Helsinki summit last March were to bridge the gap over NATO enlargement and to encourage ratification by the Russian Duma of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) II. Ratification had stalled because of Russian opposition to NATO enlargement, suspicions about the U.S. anti-ballistic missile program, and a general feeling that START II was inequitable--imposing greater burdens on Russia than on the United States at a time when Russia's economic problems were severe.
One way to break a deadlock through negotiation is to attack it head on, hoping that the benefits of,an agreement will, in the end, outweigh its shortcomings.
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