Mismanaging Missile Defense

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Rather than enhancing European security, the Bush administration’s plan to deploy a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic threatens to increase strains with Russia and deepen divisions with America’s European allies. Indeed, by treating missile defense as a technological issue divorced from its political context, America is risking its standing is in Eastern Europe, where support for US polices has been strongest.

Missile defense has suddenly emerged as a divisive issue in Europe. Rather than enhancing European security, the Bush administration’s plan to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic threatens to increase strains with Russia and deepen divisions with America’s European allies, particularly those in Eastern Europe, where support for US polices has been strongest.

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