The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict, but our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity.
Lugar acknowledges the limitations of U.S. power while stressing its global responsibilities.
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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.
There is precedent for using patient diplomacy to resolve treaty violations.
The President has to want to get back into the discussions. At this point, there is not evidence that that is the case.
The reasons for Russia's violation are unclear. But I believe the violation was likely due to a number of factors...
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