NY Times, ABC News and International News Agencies Quote MIIS Experts on START Follow-On Treaty

March 26, 2010

Today the New York Times turned to former Russian arms control negotiator and current Monterey Institute research associate Nikolai Sokov, to put the START follow-on treaty into perspective for its readers. Dr. Sokov participated in the START I and START II negotiations on behalf of Russia and is now a senior research associate at the Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS). For an in-depth analysis of the road ahead in US-Russian nonproliferation negotiations, read Dr. Sokov’s article “START Follow-On Talks Successfully Concluded: What's Next?”.

Several CNS experts have in fact been quoted in coverage of the new agreement:

CNS Senior Research Associate Miles Pomper is quoted by Agence France Presse in its news wire coverage on the treaty.
CNS Director Dr. William Potter was interviewed by ABC News Radio and Voice of America.

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