Reasons Behind the Change of American Ballistic Missile Defense Architecture in Europe Cover Image

Důvody vedoucí ke změně architektury americké protiraketové obrany v Evropě
Reasons Behind the Change of American Ballistic Missile Defense Architecture in Europe

Author(s): Radovan Eugel
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzita obrany
Keywords: ballistic missile defence; Iran; Russia; United States; ballistic missile; SM-3; Obama

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the change of the architecture of American ballistic missile system in Europe by Barrack Obama in September 2009. The author argues that this change was partially, but not solely, motivated by the effort to appease the Russian antagonism against this project. This is supported by various arguments for and against the assertion that it was an effort to appease Russia. Thus, the answer should be somewhere in the middle.

  • Issue Year: 10/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 27-46
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English