No. 12: US Missile Defense

A Strategic Challenge for Europe

Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 12
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2007

The US intention to establish parts of its strategic missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic has given rise to intense controversy in Europe. Major points of contention concern the repercussions of the planned protective umbrella on the West's relations with Russia, the extent of the threat emanating from Iran, and the concrete role of the Europeans and NATO in the area of missile defense. The future demands of strategic stability in Europe are bound to be the subject of long transatlantic debates.

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