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The Game Changer: Cooperative Missile Defense

IN THIS ISSUE: The game changer, ten reasons Iran doesn't want the bomb, post-Soviet military alliance missile defense plans, meeting on Middle East WMD, N. Korea completes installation of long-range rocket on launch pad, Congress would study potential changes To weapons complex.

Published on December 6, 2012
 

The Game Changer: Cooperative Missile Defense

Dmitri Trenin and James F. Collins | Global Ten

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The Obama administration has a unique opportunity to redefine the U.S.-Russian strategic relationship by cooperating with Moscow on missile defense. A missile defense system that does not jeopardize the current strategic balance will help erase lingering Cold War animosity and promote stability in the broader Euro-Atlantic region.

And progress on missile defense technology sharing, data exchanges, and joint staff exercises could pave the way for negotiations on long-stalled issues like nonstrategic nuclear weapons.   Full Article



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