Dick Lugar: “I share Tom Friedman's frustrations and believe we should be thinking beyond conventional mediation strategies.”

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

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.

The reasons for Russia's violation are unclear. But I believe the violation was likely due to a number of factors...