Dick Lugar: “Jettisoning treaties that provide a legal framework for exposing Russian violations achieves nothing.”

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.

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

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.

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.