Dick Lugar: “However, I am concerned the rhetoric surrounding country-led efforts may lead us to support, even tacitly, plans that…”

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

Jettisoning treaties that provide a legal framework for exposing Russian violations achieves nothing.

It seems to me to be really a safety net there.

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.