Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress

Woolf, Amy F.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: International affairs;    Sanctions (International law);    Foreign relations -- U.S. -- Russia;    Politics and government -- Russia;   

RP-ID  :  R43832
RP-ID  :  R43832_2017Mar15

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report describes the current status of the INF Treaty and highlights issues that Congress may address as the United States pursues its compliance concerns with Russia. It includes a historical overview and summary of the provisions of the INF Treaty and Russia's concerns about U.S. compliance with the treaty; it concludes with a discussion of options that the United States might pursue to address its concerns regarding Russia's activities and options that it might pursue if Russia deploys new INF-range missiles.