Robert G. Joseph
Senior Scholar, National Institute for Public Policy
Robert G. Joseph served as U.S. special envoy for nuclear nonproliferation and as the under secretary of state for arms control and international security during the George W. Bush Administration. The following is excerpted from his June 24, 2010, testimony during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the New START Treaty. I would like to raise three questions for your consideration based on concerns that I have in my reading of the New START Treaty. The first is whether New START — especially the provisions on limitations and monitoring — meet the long-held standards we have thought necessary to…
