Dick Lugar: “I believe that the verification provisions of New START are important, to begin with, leaving aside anything else.”

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

There is precedent for using patient diplomacy to resolve treaty violations.

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.

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.