U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP
The New START treaty, the nuclear arms pact between Washington and Moscow, is set to expire next year. Signed in 2010, it caps deployed long-range weapons and allows inspections to ensure both sides comply.
Without it, the two nuclear powers would face each other with no binding limits for the first time in decades.
