Obama successful on nuclear disarmament

The new treaty on nuclear disarmament between Russia and the US is to be signed on April 8 in Prague. The left-liberal La Repubblica hails this as a foreign policy victory for US President Barack Obama: "The meeting in Prague is Obama's first concrete success in foreign policy. The announcement, which came 48 hours after the passing of the healthcare reform, reinforces the impression that a new era is dawning for the US president. Scrapping the plans for the US missile defence shield envisaged by George W. Bush was not enough. The signs of a relaxation in the dossier of sanctions against Iraq were decisive: this is an area where the Chinese government is nowadays a tougher negotiating partner for Washington than Russia. … Obama's goal is to further reduce the number of nuclear weapons and ultimately get rid of them entirely."

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