Good Riddance to the INF Treaty
he Trump administration today suspended the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, giving formal notice that the U.S. intends to withdraw in six months. It’s the right policy to counter increasing Russian cheating and to ensure that the U.S. can adapt to the changing strategic environment in the Pacific. Besides that, it’s a policy this magazine has advocated for decades. , David J. Trachtenberg suggested that the treaty, long opposed by NR’s editors, was an “Invitation to Cheat.” Without “safeguards” to ensure Soviet compliance ...
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