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If nothing replaces the New START nuclear arms treaty, security analysts see a more dangerous environment with a higher risk of miscalculation.
The former U.S. president has warned that the expiration of the New START treaty would "wipe out decades of diplomacy."
Fading U.S. leadership has countries from Poland to South Korea thinking about nuclear-weapons programs of their own.
The expiration of the last remaining nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia on Thursday has sparked fears about a nuclear arms race, with the two biggest nuclear superpowers without limits on their arsenals for the first time in decades.
Total inventories of nuclear warheads declined to about 12,000 warheads in 2025 from a peak of more than 70,000 in 1986, but the United States and Russia are upgrading their weapons and China has more than doubled its arsenal over the past decade.
The upcoming expiration of the New START treaty between the US and Russia on Thursday is stoking fears over a new arms race, as it would remove the last remaining mutual limits on the world's two largest nuclear arsenals.
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The foundations of global nuclear safety are collapsing – an arms race could follow
One of the world's last bastions of nuclear safety is set to expire tonight