Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Can the Open Skies treaty survive?” – below is their description.
One of the cornerstones of global security since the Cold War is in danger of collapsing.
The Open Skies treaty allows countries to fly aircraft over each other’s territories and monitor military activity.
However, Russia is following the U.S. by pulling out of the pact.
Will the decision make the world more dangerous?
And is the pact still relevant today in a world of high-tech surveillance drones?
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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The video item below is a piece of English language content from Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera is a Qatari state-funded broadcaster based in Doha, Qatar, owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network.
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the south.
Russia spans more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country’s capital.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and since 1993 Russia been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Russia is a major great power, with the world’s second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. As a recognised nuclear-weapon state, the country possesses the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.