...Kenneth B. Moss The planned deployment of ballistic missile defense systems in Poland and a radar system in the Czech Republic to defend against possible attack from Iran has stirred strong opposition from Moscow. Concern about Iran's nuclear-enrichment program is legitimate, but the United States...

... U.S. Missile Defenses and Europe W. Bruce Weinrod Close to a decade after the end of the Cold War, the transatlantic security relationship remains solid. At the same time, inevitable differences of per- ception...

...Norman Bowen Nicholas Sarkozy.s campaign documents and speeches reveal more continuity than rupture with past French foreign policy. The US will welcome his support for missile defense and possible unilateral action outside of the UN. However, like previous French presidents, Sarkozy extolled...

... of an antiballistic missile defense shield. Rather, the key to US hegemony is the establishment of a multipolar American.led international system. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Pax Americana or Multilateralism? Reflecting on the United States’ Grand Strategic Vision of Hegemony...

...Gawdat Bahgat On 27 December 2008, Israeli forces attacked Gaza to stop missile attacks by Hamas. The military operation lasted twenty-two days and ended with a fragile cease-fire. This study seeks to provide an assessment of all involved parties' stances. The author argues that some parties gained...

...: Policies in Search of a Rationale? M. Ehsan Ahrari Developing a national missile defense (NMD) or theater missile defense (TMD) as a shield against so-called rogue states conjures up clichés like “using a bazooka to swat flies...

... Strategic Relationship Richard Lugar The strategic environment during the Cold War was characterized by the high risk but low probability of a ballistic missile exchange between the superpowers. Today, however...

... Qaeda in Afghanistan is not yet over, why then has President Bush expanded the war on terrorism to include the axis of evil? According to Bush, “North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its cit- izens...

... cancellation of the S-300 surface-to- air missile contract with Iran, Russia’s 2010 support for United Nations Secu- rity Council sanctions directed against Iran, and its ongoing efforts to bring Iran back to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) supervisory framework.1 Is this optimism...

... to the Near East region in 2000 included agreements to upgrade Egypt’s AH-64 Apache helicopters for $400 million and to pro- vide Egypt with six SPS-48E 3D land-based radar systems, as well as with Avenger and Stinger missiles. Israel also ordered the reconfiguration of twenty-four of its AH-64 Apache...

... such realities into account. In addition to its traditional role of defending members’ territory against attack, NATO is assuming new security-­related missions in areas such as counterterrorism, cyber defense, counterpiracy, energy security, and missile defense. In addition, the alliance has in recent...

... reportedly not only accelerated under Zia but reached fruition. As a result of the same devotion and resolve that it applied toward acquiring a bomb, Pakistan developed a large inventory of ballistic and cruise missiles. Even though Khan does not mention it in his very comprehensive analysis...

... that it applied toward acquiring a bomb, Pakistan developed a large inventory of ballistic and cruise missiles. Even though Khan does not mention it in his very comprehensive analysis, Pakistan’s decision to develop a large missiles inventory provides it a meaningful strategic balance in a future air war...

... differences over the past decade are numerous but should be bridgeable. Europeans do not agree with the American sanctions policies visvis Iran, Iraq, and Cuba, and most European leaders see the American role in the Middle East process as too favorable to Israel. Missile defense is at issue...

... S-300 missiles in Cyprus did not take place after intensive Ameri- can mediation. A new important parameter in this triangular relationship in the 1990s was the European Union, whose policies were welcomed from the American side. All the countries involved in the dispute have political links...

... sites could lead to a military confrontation with Iran, which has made it known that it would retaliate against Israel. Iran’s recent military exercises and missile testing had already demonstrated its prowess and capability to strike anywhere in the region. Iran also could call upon Lebanon’s...

... East. For Iran there was the end of a regime that had launched a long and costly war against it in 1980. Nevertheless, Iran continued to develop its nuclear capability and its missile systems. Syria lost its Baathist neighbor with which it had a rocky relationship despite sharing a number of policy...

... for Turkey, particularly because it can offer technologies and/or coproduction opportunities that Turkey’s traditional economic partners in the West would not provide. The missile defense system deal Turkey is negotiating with China is a good illustration of this case. In September 2013...

.... C. Bailey, “Chemical, Biological, and Missile Proliferation,” in Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime, 131–2. 11. UN, 57. Muhula: Rogue Nations, States of Concern, and Axes of Evil 81 the BWC had a total of 143 state parties. The treaty banned the develop- ment, production...

... of an American multimillionaire. The book’s tone is established in its prologue, which offers a portrait of NSK’s accomplishments during the October 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Unfortunately, however, it also misinterprets the U.S. military’s role in White House...