Summary
Karel Koster
Het raketschild: opmaat naar een nieuwe Koude Oorlog?
Karel Koster surveys the development of the United States' missile defence shield in Eastern Europe. He explores the strategic rationale of the American construction plans in Poland and the Czech Republic, an important issue in light of the changing power relations, within NATO as well as between NATO and the rest of the world. A further question is: will President Obama continue the building plans of his predecessor or is he prepared to give account of the many objections? The author further analyses the protests from Moscow and current research conducted in the framework of NATO.