Tomorrow @ Noon ET - Extending New START and Revitalizing Great Power Nuclear Cooperation

New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), the last standing bilateral nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, expires tomorrow. With New START’s end and absent any successor agreement, remaining guardrails on nuclear weapons proliferation would lapse and pave the way for an unrestrained nuclear arms race between the United States, Russia, and China. What is the likely road ahead, and how do we approach the pragmatic imperative of preventing an expensive and destabilizing nuclear arms race?
February 2026

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12:00 PM ET
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Join us for a timely and important discussion with:

Pavel Devyatkin

Pavel Devyatkin is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute and a senior associate and member of the Leadership Group of The Arctic Institute. He conducts research, teaches B.A. and M.A. courses on international relations at the Higher School of Economics, and provides consultations on Arctic affairs to international companies and diplomats.

Ariel Petrovics

Ariel Petrovics is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute, and an assistant research scholar at the Center for International and Security Studies (CISSM) at the University of Maryland. Her research examines nuclear proliferation and the risks of counterproductive consequences in security strategies.

Thomas Countryman

Thomas Countryman is the former Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, and Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN). Countryman served over 35 years as a Foreign Service Officer before retiring in 2017. Since then, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Arms Control Association.

Marcus Stanley (Moderator)

Marcus Stanley is director of studies at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Dr. Stanley has a PhD in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government. Prior to joining the Quincy Institute he had a background as an economist, including as an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Case Western Reserve University.
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