Russia’s Potential Withdrawal From Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Underlines Urgent Arms Control Problem – Analysis

By Matthew Bunn, Dan Smith and Dr Wilfred Wan

The State Duma, the Russian Parliament, will vote this week whether to revoke Russia’s ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). This follows a statement at the Valdai Discussion Club on 5 October in which President Vladimir Putin hinted that...