Dick Lugar: “Among the most important interests is United States support for a free and fair electoral process leading up to national…”

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

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

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

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.