the u.s.-european alliance system. that is also to putin s favor. and the u.s. takes the blame for this. also to putin s favor. so this is not standing up to russia, this is a gift to russia. was there some other way that the u.s. could have encouraged compliance if the obama administration was also complaining that they were not complying? absolutely, and ronald reagan showed us the way. treaties often have violations in them. one state or the other accuses another party of violating the treaty. when ronald reagan became president, he accused the soviet union of violating another treaty, the anti-ballistic missile treaty, but he didn t pull out of that treaty. he didn t kill that treaty. he pressed the russians for six years. in fact, while he was pressing them, he negotiated with them this inf treaty. and after mikhail gorbachev and reagan signed that treaty, the soviets admitted that they were in violation of the abm treaty and they tore down the offending radar. that s the way
it, of course, produces great trains in the u.s./european alliance system. that s to putin s favor. the u.s. kicks the blame for this also to putin s favor. this is not standing up to russia. this is a gift to russia. was there some other way that the u.s. could have encouraged compliance if the obama administration was also complaining that they were not complying? absolutely and ronald reagan showed us the way. treaties often have violations in them. one state or the other accuses another party of violating the treaty. in what ronald reagan became president, he accused the soviet union of violating another treaty, the anti-ballistic missile treaty, but he didn t pull out of that treaty. he didn t kill that treaty. he pressed the russians for six years. in fact, while he was pressing them, he negotiated with them this inf treaty. and after mikhail gorbachev and reagan signed that treaty, the soviets admitted that they were in violation of the abm treaty
violation where things get more complicated. i mean why not work harder to get russia back into compliance rather than issue ultimatums? who will benefit most from demise of the treaty and are we headed for a new arms race? a nuclear weapons policy expert and president of the plows fund ab the argued in an op-ed, when someone breaks the law, the answer is not to repeal the law. there are well-established methods of bringing an offending nation back into compliance. he joins us tonight. appreciate your time tonight. thank you. let s answer the last three questions. who benefits most by the u.s. backing out of the treaty? vladimir putin. it is a gift to vladimir putin. he s the one who now gets to deploy as many weapons as he wants because there are no longer or won t be in six months any limits on what he can do. it, of course, produces great trains in the u.s./european alliance system. that is also to pursuit s favor.