New Developments of Missile Defense in Europe
New Developments of Missile Defense in Europe

Summary/Abstract: Revived by the Bush administration after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the anti-missile defense system, although controversial, appears to be more justified today than in the middle of the last century. This Paper targets an analysis of the reasons and complexity of international security environment that led to an effective systematization of the anti-missile defense concept and its unprecedented geographical extension. The last evolutions of missile defense in Europe are highlighted with a focus on the NATO’s support and the results of the NATO Summit in Bucharest where the allies agreed upon the nature of threat, as well as the feasibility of anti-missile defense and the principle of security indivisibility. The main conclusions of the Paper stress the unquestionable utility of such a system in a world characterized by an increasing nuclear proliferation phenomenon where countering nuclear terrorist attacks is the key of a secure and safe international order.

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