Defence Notes
Insight: INF Treaty withdrawal relates directly to China
President Donald Trump’s decision announced on 20 October to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty – a voluntary bilateral agreement between Russia and the US – was blamed on Moscow’s violations of the treaty.
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