Failure to ratify this essential follow-on treaty would represent an unraveling of past cooperation between the United States and Russia on arms reduction and pose a significant setback for nuclear security.
Lugar emphasizes the importance of ratifying the treaty for U.S.-Russia cooperation on arms reduction.
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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.
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Jettisoning treaties that provide a legal framework for exposing Russian violations achieves nothing.
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