Dick Lugar: “I sense a drift with regard to the Afghanistan situation, with regard to Pakistan.”

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.

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

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.

In the likely event the INF Treaty collapses in August, the only remaining bilateral U.S.-Russia arms control agreement would be New START, which expires in 2021 but can be extended by up to five years through agreement by both parties.