A Way Forward

This essay develops elements of an agreement to limit and reduce nuclear forces that would succeed the New start Treaty. The successor arrangements would be more complicated than the bilateral inf, start, and New start treaties, involving more subjects and more countries, as the negotiations consider each of the issues the United States and Russia have said should be addressed in a new agreement. The result is a comprehensive program of practical steps to enhance predictability, resume the reduction of nuclear forces, and reduce the risk of conflict in an increasingly complex world.