Nuclear disarmament has emerged as the first issue to reset U.S.-Russian relations in 2009. Both sides have expressed a willingness to negotiate a new strategic arms reduction treaty to replace the START I treaty that is set to expire in December. Although this is one of the most urgent items on the agenda, it is not the most important.
For the foreseeable future, a nuclear attack by a rogue state or Islamic terrorist group will be the gravest threat to the United States, its allies and partners like Russia. Thus, nonproliferation and the war against the global jihad movement should be a top priority on the U.S.-Russia security agenda.
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