U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issued a press statement on May 21 signaling U.S. withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies (OST), citing Russia’s “flagrant and continuous violation” of the international agreement, including by not allowing “observation flights within a 10-kilometer corridor” along its border with occupied Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia. … Continue reading U.S. to Withdraw from ‘Open Skies,’ Citing Russian Encroachment on Neighbors’ Sovereignty