Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak:"If we see the development of systems that could reduce our deterrent potential, our military will have to take steps to neutralize the threat," Kislyak was quoted as saying at a briefing in Moscow.He did not specify the steps that...
missile defense
I hate to show weakness in front of the Russians, but it's hard to argue with this:Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the results of Iran's missile tests prove.
Dan Nexon has a good post about the frenzy of dealmaking that the Bush administration is pursuing in an effort to "lock in" policy preferences before the transition to a.
Michael Goldfarb dissents from my conclusions on the implications of the NIE on missile defense, and further asserts that liberals should love missile defense:And finally, liberals fundamentally misunderstand the effect of deploying a missile defense system--it would decrease the likelihood of conflict, not increase it....
For the last two years, we have justified putting a missile defense system in Eastern Europe explicitly around the threat of Iranian ballistic missiles. In addition to the extraordinary financial.