Dick Lugar: “Nunn-Lugar supported destruction of strategic weapons under START I at declared facilities for storage and elimination.”

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

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.

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.

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