Dick Lugar: “This is, I suspect, another avenue of diplomacy that is related to Iran.”

Several members of Congress have already proposed legislation along these lines.

Jettisoning treaties that provide a legal framework for exposing Russian violations achieves nothing.

The President has to want to get back into the discussions. At this point, there is not evidence that that is the case.

Congress could condition funding to develop new missiles on receipt from the administration of a comprehensive military, economic, and diplomatic strategy to bring Russia back into compliance with the treaty.