| ID | 130322 |
| Title Proper | Arms checks unaffected by Ukraine crisis |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kimball, Daryl G |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Although the widening confrontation over the political future of the Crimean peninsula and other parts of the former Soviet Union has ruptured already-strained relations between Moscow and the West and put at risk the implementation of some nuclear risk-reduction initiatives and agreements, Russia is not planning to stop allowing the on-site inspections required under the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), Russian officials said last month. To protest Russia's actions to take control of Crimea, the seven non-Russian members of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized countries have suspended Russia's membership in the group. As part of that decision, the seven countries-Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States-changed the location of their planned June summit from Sochi to Brussels. The Russian actions in Crimea have disrupted planning for the activities of the Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, which the G-8 launched in 2002. |
| `In' analytical Note | Arms Control Today Vol.44, No.3; April 2014: p.38-39 |
| Journal Source | Arms Control Today Vol.44, No.3; April 2014: p.38-39 |
| Key Words | Global Politics ; Ukraine ; Ukraine Crisis ; Crimea Crisis ; Crimean Peninsula ; Political Future ; Soviet Union ; United States ; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty - SART ; United Kingdom ; Canada ; Italy ; France ; Germany ; Japan ; Weapon Crisis ; International Organization ; Mass Destruction of Weapons - MDS ; International Crisis ; Russian - China Relations ; G8- Association ; European Union - EU ; NATO ; Global Partnership |