Just before Christmas, the U.S. Senate ratified the “New START” nuclear arms reduction treaty; this will enable not only U.S.-Russian cooperation in arms reductions and verification, but also cooperation in other areas that may ultimately be more important than the arms control measures themselves.

Neal Doyle's letter to the editor, responding to Arnaud de Borchgrave's recent column, "Pakistan nuclear thefts foiled" was published in The Washington Times.