#united states

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security

National Security Strategy of the United States (2022)— This document outlines the US approach to national security. It identifies China as the 'only competitor with both the intent to reshape the international order and...the power to do it,' while viewing Russia as an immediate and ongoing threat, and introduces the concept of 'integrated deterrence.'
The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances— A 1994 agreement in which Russia, the UK, and the US provided security assurances to Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan in exchange for their accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The signatories committed to respect the sovereignty and existing borders of the newly independent states.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty— Signed in 1987 by the United States and the Soviet Union, this treaty required the elimination of all ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. Its collapse in 2019 is a significant factor in the deterioration of European security.
Western Sanctions on Russia (2014-2025)— A summary of the economic and financial sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States, the European Union, and other partners. These measures, implemented in response to the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and dramatically expanded after the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, target key sectors of the Russian economy.