Dick Lugar: “I applaud Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the decision to undertake a Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development…”

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.

The President has to want to get back into the discussions. At this point, there is not evidence that that is the case.

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.