At the other Geneva arms talks, the U.S. digs in
While negotiators smiled and photographers clicked at the reopening of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) talks last week in Geneva, participants in the city's other continuing arms-control drama, the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, were themselves preparing to return to the negotiating table this week after a two-month recess. START, which deals with long-range nuclear weaponry, is already unique in the history of arms control between the superpowers. Normally, each side makes a tough, deliberately one-sided opening proposal that gradually becomes more equitable and...
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