On the recordMarch 3, 2010
The challenge for the administration is to devise a strategy that strives for our traditional goals but in a radically transformed environment.
Source
congress.govThe challenge for the administration is to devise a strategy that strives for our traditional goals but in a radically transformed environment.
Lugar emphasizes the need for a new strategy in changing political conditions.
Share
More from Dick Lugar
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.
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.
Jettisoning treaties that provide a legal framework for exposing Russian violations achieves nothing.