MOSCOW. (Andrei Fedyashin, RIA Novosti political...
could slow down this trend, if it is generally seen as Obama"s success, but for one proviso.Obama has made too many commitments early in his presidency, such as: "resetting" U.S.-Russian relations, achieving a nuclear-free world, peace in the Middle East and resolving the Iran and North Korea nuclear problems. Therefore, it is now crucial that he attains at least one important foreign-policy result: something he has not had, to date. None of his earlier pledges have been realized, so the START Treaty could be his first real achievement.
The START Treaty is listed as one of Obama"s major projects, next to the small note "May." Although the U.S. administration claims that no deadlines whatsoever have been set, May 2010 sounds like a meaningful date. First, a regular UN NPT Review Conference, held once a decade, will take place in May. NPT stands for the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea, which are
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