Dick Lugar: “This should be very important for us.”

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.

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

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

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