Dick Lugar: “I hesitated and desisted from putting this into the Pakistan Kerry-Lugar bill for fear of being accused of an earmark…”

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.

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

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.

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