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Mutually Assured Shrugging? The End of New START

The Russia Contingency with Michael Kofman
Austin Long, Pranay Vaddi, and Michael Kofman
February 5, 2026

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Episode Notes:

As New START expires, Mike talks with MIT nuclear fellows Austin Long and Pranay Vaddi about the end of the treaty, the current state of arms control, and how calculations around nuclear force levels, deterrence, and modernization will shift going forward.

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