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The U.S. Withdrawal From the INF Treaty Is the Next Step in a Global Arms Race
Oct 22, 2018 | 20:44 GMT

U.S. national security adviser John Bolton speaks during a White House news briefing on Oct. 3, 2018. Several factors have pushed the United States to this tipping point on the INF, including the growing power of China, Russia's continuing INF violations and the ascent of ardent arms-control skeptics in the White House like Bolton.
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