Dick Lugar: “This is still just another movement among many, but one which I endorse, because it does get down to such things are…”

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

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.

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