The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, was a landmark Cold War agreement that banned nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 310 to 3,418 miles and ushered in a new era of arms control. President Trump withdrew from the treaty as of Aug. 1 after years of alleged Russian violations.

Washington Examiner senior writer Jamie McIntyre, who’s covered defense and national security for 35 years, recently engaged Joe Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, who has been advocating for arms control for just as long, in friendly debate about whether the demise of the INF treaty was a mistake, or long overdue.