Congress and the U.S. unilateral withdrawal from international arms control agreements (2002-2020)

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The article examines four cases of the U.S. unilateral withdrawal from international arms control agreements in the first two decades of the 21st century from the legislative branch perspective. Each of the four precedents is analyzed through the resolutions, which were submitted by legislators, in order to determine the difference in the approaches of Democrats and Republicans to arms control issues. Also, the paper discusses the constitutionality of presidential action and the exercise of congressional constitutional authority in the circumstances of the U.S. withdrawals from international agreements.

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Olesia S. Gretskaia

Arbatov U.S. and Canada Institute Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)

Email: ogreckaya@iskran.ru
Moscow, Russian Federation

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