Dick Lugar: “The United States will seek a new treaty that verifiably ends production of fissile materials intended for use in…”

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.

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

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.