Analysts say that a combination of US military efforts - including missile defense, plans for new low-yield nuclear weapons, and expansion up to Russia's western doorstep - are chilling relations with Moscow and spurring a new, higher-tech arms race.
Russia will automatically leave the START-I and START-II disarmament agreements if the United States decides to violate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Dr. Bowman outlines the case for space arms control and restrictions on space-based ballistic missile defenese.