Trump’s Missile Defense: Challenges for Europe

Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, John Thompson
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Place: Zurich

In this CSS Policy Perspective, Oliver Thränert writes that the recently released US Missile Defense Review is problematic. This is because it argues that missile defenses should be directed against Russia and China in regional contingencies and that they should be better integrated with offensive attack operations. Also worrisome, Thränert contends, is the lack of arms control initiatives. In response, he concludes, European NATO members should continue to support missile defenses, while also stressing the importance of arms control.

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