Ambassador David Smith, Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies,  is an expert on US-Russian relations and a former US arms negotiator.  He is closely watching the pending New START treaty between the US and Russia, which he warns could hold hidden risks for the US.  Amb. Smith recently took part in a panel discussion on New START at the Heritage Foundation, where he delved into treaty details that could prove problematic.  Click here to read a report on the panel discussion.