it. joining me to discuss is a research associate to managing the atom at harvard energy school. doctor, thank you for being here. did davis ignatius get it right? >> the short answer is yes. it is bad news for the no nonproliferation regime. the better for everybody in involved. and right now, russia, one of the recognized nuclear weapons under this treaty that you have mentioned, michael, has essentially gone rogue. and it's using its nuclear -- nuclear arsenal, not to deter nuclear war, but to enable an aggression against a nonnuclear weapons state.