Dick Lugar: “We are leaving them a fighting chance for a democratic future, which is not bred in the bone at all.”

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

What we really need right now is a revival of NATO, a revival of the spirit of the allies...

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...