US, Russia Seek New Arms Talks as Last Nuclear Pact Expires

Russian and US negotiators have agreed on the need to quickly launch new talks on nuclear arms control, following discussions held this week in the United Arab Emirates. The talks come as the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms pact between the two countries, has expired, ending more than 50 years of limits on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals.

With the treaty’s termination, there are now no caps on U.S. or…