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As part of plans to reduce US nuclear forces during the second term of President Barack Obama, his administration will attempt to engage Russia. This commentary asserts that it is unlikely that a new arms control treaty will be signed. However, Washington will be interested in reaching a series of primarily political understandings involving missile defense, strategic and non-strategic nuclear weapons. Regarding the last topic, the author believes that Poland can assume a leading role in preparing the NATO position on confidence-building and transparency measures that may be proposed to Russia in parallel with the bilateral US-Russian track.