Dick Lugar: “I think it's still pretty unclear to me what we're doing.”

Yes, I believe New START meets this threshold with one exception.

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.

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.

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.