The New Start treaty between the US and Russia expired in February 2026, marking the end of the last major nuclear arms control agreement.
Alarm bells went off with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres noting that “for the first time in more than half a century, we face a world without any binding limits on the strategic nuclear arsenals”.
So how do we re-institutionalise restraints in an age of re-emergent great power rivalry? BFM talks to Dr Jingdong Yuan, an associate senior fellow with the China and Asia security programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Peace Institute (Sipri).
Presenter: Sharaad Kuttan
Producer: Agnes Ong/BFM
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