Dick Lugar: “Both this measure and other sanctions, including our own, against Syria have caused what seems to be, in normal terms…”

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.

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

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