OPEN SKIES TreatyOpen Skies Treaty • May 31st, 2024
The Open Skies TreatyOpen Skies Treaty • December 8th, 2002
When the Treaty on Open Skies was signed in March 1992 it was seen as one of the most far-reaching and intrusive confidence-building measures ever agreed.1 The treaty opens the full territory of its member states, ‘from Vancouver to Vladi- vostok’, to co-operative aerial observation overflights. After decades of bloc-to- bloc confrontation and secrecy in military matters it embodied the determination of its states parties to overcome the East–West military stalemate by enhancing transparency and openness.
The Open Skies Treaty: Background and IssuesOpen Skies Treaty • May 21st, 2020
According to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, the United States will give notice of its intent to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies on May 22, 2020; the withdrawal will occur in six months, on November 22, 2020.
