President Vladimir Putin’s offer to maintain New START limits on US and Russian strategic nuclear forces for one more year deserves serious consideration by the Trump administration. In doing so, the US should take stock of what it can gain from Putin’s offer, and what it risks losing if it rejects the deal in pursuit of something better. What did Putin Offer? The numerical limits on strategic nuclear forces are the core of the New START Treaty. In many ways, it makes sense that Russia wants to avoid a competition in strategic nuclear forces with the US.