Opinion: Why The U.S. Should Exit Open Skies Treaty

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Despite objections both in the U.S. and abroad, the decision by the administration of President Donald Trump to withdraw from the 1992 Treaty on Open Skies (OST) is fully justified for a number of rock-solid reasons. For the past decade, Russia has been deliberately violating the 34-nation...

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