Getting to “Yes” on Missile Defense
Russian officials need to retreat from their politically impossible demand for legally binding limitations on US ballistic missile defense (BMD), and should instead consider cooperating on concrete BMD projects. Some of Russia’s BMD-related concerns can be addressed through mutually agreed transparency and confidence-building initiatives.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The recent visit by Dmitry Rogozin, Special Envoy of the Russian President for Missile-Defense Cooperation with NATO, to the US State Department highlights one of the many obstacles to Russian-US cooperation on ballistic missile defense (BMD). Russia’s foreign and defense ministries have both asserted primacy in the BMD dialogue with the US, but with competing perspectives and priorities. Russia’s diplomats have generally, but not always, adopted a harder line, while Rogozin has been pushing his own BMD agenda.