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Missile Defenses in the Euro-Atlantic, “Wider Middle East,” and Indo-Pacific

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In his first state-of-the-nation address, Russian President Medvedev had greeted President-elect Barack Obama with warnings that Moscow would deploy short-range nuclear-capable Iskander (“Alexander the Great”) missiles and radar-jamming systems in Kaliningrad. It was clear that Moscow wanted Washington to wake up, that the new president should act—not just talk—against the high costs and the “unproven” nature of the missile defense as criticized by Obama and Democrats themselves during the presidential election campaign (see chapters 1 and 3).

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Gardner, H. (2013). Missile Defenses in the Euro-Atlantic, “Wider Middle East,” and Indo-Pacific. In: NATO Expansion and US Strategy in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137367372_6

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