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2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Since President Obama delivered his Prague speech four years ago, the prospects for nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation have actually not become more straightforward. This is partly due to the current state of international relations. Financial and fiscal frustration has beleaguered both the United States and the European Union (EU), and global economic growth has widely slowed. With China becoming more confident and the second-biggest economic entity in 2010, the distrust between Washington and Beijing continues to rise. Tensions over the past years concerning the change of regimes in West Asia and North Africa, the so called "Arabic Spring," as well as the U.S. "rebalancing" in East Asia further strain international relations. U.S.-Russia relations also suffer. Although the two countries brokered the new START Treaty of 2010, momentum has slowed on establishing deeper nuclear cuts. Given their different positions over the recent turbulence in Libya and the ongoing conflict in Syria, it is improbable that the United States and Russia could strategically "reset" relations to move down the road of nuclear disarmament.
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