1st Edition

Missile Defence International, Regional and National Implications

Edited By Sten Rynning, Bertel Heurlin Copyright 2006
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

The missile defence policy of the US plays a crucial role in international affairs and is normally studied from a US perspective. This book is different, it delivers a sharp analysis of regional and national variations and integrates them with US viewpoints to present a rounded and comprehensive study. What will be the international ramifications of American... Read more

Introduction, Bertel Heurlin, Sten Rynning & Kristian Søby Kristensen

Chapter 1: Pre-empt, balance or intercept? The evolution of strategies for coping with the threat from weapons of mass destruction,  Wilhelm Agrell

Chapter 2: US Missile defense – technological primacy in action, Tarja Cronberg

Chapter 3: Missile Defense in the United States, Bertel Heurlin

Chapter 4,: Roads Not (Yet) Taken: Russian Approaches to Cooperation in Missile Defense, Alla Kassianova

Chapter 5: Reluctant Allies? Europe and Missile Defense, Sten Rynning

Chapter 6: China's Response to the US Missile Defense Program: National Options and Regional Implications, Peter Dyvad

Chapter 7: The Middle East and Missile Defence, Birthe Hansen

Chapter 8: Missile Defence in the Nordic Countries, Ingemar Dörfer

Chapter 9: Negotiating Base Rights for Missile Defense: The Case of Thule Air Base in Greenland, Kristian Søby Kristensen

Conclusion: Bertel Heurlin, Sten Rynning & Kristian Søby Kristensen

Biography

Rockets' Red Glare: Missile Denfeses and the Future of World Politics Wirtz, Larsen (Westview Press, 2001)

Ballistic Missile Defense and the Future of American Security: Agendas, Perceptions Technology and Policy Handberg (Praeger, 2002)

Shield of Dreams: Missile Defenses and Nuclear Strategy Cimbala (Praeger, 2003)