Federico Bordonaro

Dal blog della F.A.S.:

The United States needs Russia’s cooperation to pressure Iran into forgoing its nuclear ambitions, to secure nuclear material in the former Soviet Republics, and to work toward reducing the dangers of intentional or accidental use of nuclear weapons. With the looming December 2009 end to START I, it is imperative that the U.S. and Russia be able to cooperate on producing a new nuclear arms control treaty that will include verification protocols and irreversible reductions in nuclear weapons. The war in Georgia has seriously damaged the pathway to this cooperation, and instead has renewed Cold War tensions.[ii] It will be up to the new leaders in Washington to use this time as an opportunity to draw attention to the proliferation danger of unsecured nuclear material in the Caucuses and to impress upon the American people the need to continue to work with Russia to secure this material and continue to work toward eliminating nuclear weapons. The 123 Agreement for civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia was never our best effort for either of these goals; it will be up to the next administration to find a better path of cooperation with Russia on verifiable, irreversible nuclear disarmament.