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  • News Analysis: Missile Defense Role Questioned
    Arms Control Today
    August 7, 2008

    Is the deployed U.S. anti-missile system capable enough to have a president rely on it to protect American lives if a hostile regime threatened to use long-range ballistic missiles to attack the United States? Some current administration officials say that President George W. Bush already did so during a similar crisis with North Korea in the summer of 2006. Others say such assertions exaggerate the risks faced in that incident and are intended to add luster to the administration’s controversial missile defense system, which was originally deployed in 2004 but remains unproven in the eyes of many, including some government experts. (Continue)
  • Shorter-Range Missile Defenses Show Progress
    Arms Control Today
    August 7, 2008

    Despite continuing concerns about the capability and testing of Pentagon efforts to develop and deploy anti-missile systems to protect against long-range ballistic missiles, less controversial programs to counter shorter-range missiles are enjoying some success. (Continue)
  • U.S. Presses Poland on Anti-Missile Site
    Arms Control Today
    August 7, 2008

    Frustrated by Polish negotiating demands on a plan to install U.S. anti-missile interceptors in Poland, the United States recently said it had other basing options. Despite vigorous Russian opposition to the potential interceptor deployment in a former Soviet ally, the Bush administration is considering a former Soviet republic, Lithuania, as an alternative. (Continue)
  • NATO Summit Results Fall Short of Bush Goals
    Arms Control Today
    June 11, 2008

    President George W. Bush's top goals heading into his final NATO summit included winning support for U.S. policies to deploy strategic anti-missile systems in Europe and extend NATO membership to former Soviet allies and republics. The administration claimed success afterward even though the alliance agreed to less than Bush sought. (Continue)
  • Bush, Putin Leave Arms Disputes Unsettled
    Arms Control Today
    June 11, 2008

    Meeting for their final time as presidents, George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin extolled their efforts to move the United States and Russia beyond their Cold War confrontation. Yet, the two leaders left unresolved arms disputes rooted in that competition that have been a constant source of friction for their two administrations. (Continue)
  • Anti-Missile Test Shelved By Technical Glitch
    Arms Control Today
    June 10, 2008

    A technical glitch led the Pentagon to scrub its most recently planned test of a long-range ballistic missile interceptor system. The mid-May cancellation came on the heels of a sharp round of congressional debate on the system's capability and the release of a governmental watchdog report that found the system remains unproven and needs more rigorous testing. (Continue)
  • Arms Experts Urge Russia and United States to Pursue Nuclear Arms Talks, Resolution to Missile Defense Impasse
    Press Room
    April 15, 2008
  • Repairing U.S.-Russian Strategic Relations after Bush and Putin
    ACA Events
    April 11, 2008
    Arms Control Association Press Briefing
  • U.S. Edges Closer to Europe Anti-Missile Deals
    Arms Control Today
    April 1, 2008

    The Bush administration is making progress in negotiating with the Czech Republic and Poland to host controversial U.S. strategic anti-ballistic missile systems. A final deal, however, seems much closer with the Czech Republic than Poland, which is making greater demands on the United States. (Continue)
  • U.S., Russia at Odds on Key Arms Issues
    Arms Control Today
    April 1, 2008

    Top U.S. and Russian officials accentuated the positive after a recent high-level meeting, but the two sides remain deeply divided on developing anti-missile systems and managing their future nuclear weapons relationship. (Continue)