Dick Lugar: “I want to be sure that everyone here recognizes how centrally important India will be to this.”

The reasons for Russia's violation are unclear. But I believe the violation was likely due to a number of factors...

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.

Congress has the ability to press the administration on its strategy to prevent a new Euro-missile race and increased instability in the absence of the INF Treaty.

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