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But if Europeans were concerned about Russia's violation of the accord,
但如果歐洲人擔(dān)心俄羅斯違反協(xié)議，
they feared that the Trump Administration's response would distract from it,
擔(dān)心特朗普政府對此會做出其他反應(yīng)，
said Kingston Reif, director for disarmament and threat reduction policy at the Arms Control Association.
軍備控制協(xié)會裁軍與減少威脅政策主任金斯頓·賴夫如是說。
The last thing Europeans want is Moscow and Washington launching a new arms race in Europe.
歐洲人最不希望的就是俄羅斯和美國在歐洲展開新一輪軍備競賽。
"There is no indication that NATO supports a new [missile],
“北約沒有流露出任何支持新研發(fā)的[導(dǎo)彈]的姿態(tài)，
and attempting to force it upon the alliance would be incredibly divisive," Reif says.
試圖強(qiáng)行讓歐盟接受這一武器極有可能造成不和，“賴夫說。
"It is thus a weapon to nowhere."
“所以這個武器是沒有任何出路的”
Three days after Trump signed the defense bill,
特朗普簽署國防開支法案三天后，
NATO issued a statement touting the INF treaty as "crucial to Euro-Atlantic security"
北約就發(fā)表聲明，宣稱《中程核力量條約》“對歐洲 - 大西洋安全至關(guān)重要”，
and reiterated that "full compliance" was essential.
還重申，美俄雙方“完全遵守條約”至關(guān)重要。
NATO also called on Russia "to address these concerns in a substantial and transparent way."
北約還呼吁俄羅斯“以實(shí)質(zhì)性的透明的方式解決這些問題。”
Arguments over U.S.-Russia nuclear deployments are not new.
對美國和俄羅斯核部署的爭論并不新鮮。
Strategists have long disagreed about whether to counter Moscow's nuclear threat with escalation or restraint.
針對是否以升級或克制來應(yīng)對莫斯科的核威脅一事，戰(zhàn)略家們一直是各執(zhí)一詞。
It's a high-stakes game of nuclear poker.
這是一場高風(fēng)險的核撲克游戲。
The Trump Administration, in its aggressive approach, is betting on coercion.
特朗普政府，以積極的態(tài)度，賭強(qiáng)制手段。
"We have to have this strong stance in order to get Russia to return to the negotiating table,"
“要讓俄羅斯回到談判桌上，我們必須采取這種強(qiáng)硬立場，”
says Laura Cooper, a top Pentagon Russia expert.
五角大樓俄羅斯問題頂級專家勞拉·庫珀如是說。
"But we are not throwing out the treaties that have served us so well in the past decades."
“但過去幾十年來一直發(fā)揮著良好作用的條約，我們不會說拋棄就拋棄的。”
If they can't fix INF, officials tell TIME,
如果雙方無法解決這一問題，官員向本刊透露，
the Trump Administration is not willing to engage on future arms agreements with Russia.
特朗普政府未來就不會愿意再與俄羅斯達(dá)成軍備協(xié)議。
That's a particular problem, because New START, a linchpin armscontrol agreement, will expire in three years.
這是一個頗為特殊的問題，因為《削減戰(zhàn)略武器新條約》，一個關(guān)鍵的武器控制協(xié)議，只有三年時間就要到期了。
The 2010 deal limits each side to 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads.
這一2010年改簽的協(xié)議將雙方部署的核彈頭數(shù)量限制在了1550枚。
If it sunsets, it will be the first time the effort to limit the strategic stockpiles in the U.S. and Russia has lapsed since 1991.
如果該協(xié)議終止，將成為自1991年以來，限制美俄戰(zhàn)略儲備的條約中首個失效的條約。
Former U.S. Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar,
前美國參議員薩姆·納恩和理查德·盧格，
whose bipartisan partnership was crucial to gaining ratification of nuclear-weapons treaties in the chaotic years following the Cold War,
兩人的跨黨合作對于冷戰(zhàn)后的混亂時期核武器條約能夠得以通過至關(guān)重要，
fear an end to arms control altogether.
擔(dān)心軍備控制的時代會徹底終結(jié)。
"We have severe erosion," Nunn says.
“我們的條約已經(jīng)被嚴(yán)重侵蝕了，”納恩說。
"We are going into a period of much greater risk in the nuclear arena."
“我們正在進(jìn)入一個核競技場風(fēng)險大為上升的時期。”
Says Lugar: "The trend has been moving away from these sorts of international agreements,
盧格說：“大家紛紛背離國際協(xié)議，
which is deeply troubling—and frankly dangerous."
這讓我們深感困擾 - 并且坦率地說也是非常危險的做法。”
