On Thursday, February 5, the New START arms control treaty officially expires. How will this affect U.S.–Russian relations and the approach of both powers to nuclear policy? On 8th April, 2010, a bilateral international treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation was signed in Prague. The purpose of New START (the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) — which entered into force exactly 15 years ago, on February 5, 2011 — was to limit the number of deployed U.S. and Russian