The article reflects the importance of the five-year extension of the New START Treaty on February 3, 2021 (prolonged until February 5, 2026), which creates a favorable atmosphere for the Russian Federation and the United States to jointly search for possible response measures to key challenges to strategic stability. In this context, the proposals made by Russia to the United States to mutually work on development of a new "security equation" that would take into account the entire range of factors impacting strategic stability were analyzed, and the possibility of their implementation was assessed. Considering that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to work out a single “security equation”, the author proposes to create a system with separate “strategic equations” as a set of agreements and arrangements between the Russian Federation and the United States, which would be able to adequately respond to the key challenges to strategic stability and make it possible for third countries to join in. The final part of the article shows the difficulties that may arise on the path to the abovementioned agreements and arrangements, as well as emphasizes that if Moscow and Washington intend to avoid the collapse of the arms control regime and strengthen strategic stability after February 5, 2026 there is no alternative to cooperation.
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