Even just looking up a few of the quotes in the appendix made it seem less adversarial:
the U.S. and Russia should extend the highly successful Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) while negotiating a follow-on agreement.
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With the dissolution of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, New START remains the only bilateral nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. Its lapse at a time when China and North Korea (and potentially Iran) are increasing their nuclear capabilities and arsenals
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would send a harmful message to adversaries and partners alike while further undermining the global Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).116
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When gaming out the future of defense, the increasingly strained relations with China and the rising potential for conflict with Russia should remind the U.S. to consider diplomatic measures that adhere to the concept of statecraft versus the proliferation of war craft. Leveraging influence through economic, political, and social measures may be the most successful means of avoiding conflict while ensuring a stable, open, and transparent world order that allows democracies to thrive.
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Even just looking up a few of the quotes in the appendix made it seem less adversarial:
This came up twice in the document.
in the vicinity:
2.
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(The url additions which jump around based on the pdf viewer’s accounting of the page, are 6 more than the numbers in the lower right hand part of the pages displayed.)
To be clear, the New START treaty only applies to nuclear systems.