WPR's The New Rules: Obama's Missile Defense Fantasy a Pentagon Dream Come True 

Monday, April 2, 2012 at 9:39AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in China, Iran, US Military, WPR Column, nuclear weapons, technology

Given this administration’s resurging plans for regional missile defense schemes in both Europe and Asia, President Barack Obama’s recent open-mike admission to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he will have more freedom in his national security decision-making once he wins re-election is not a comforting thought. For a guy who promises “a world without nuclear weapons,” Obama seems awfully intent on incentivizing both Russia and China to field some more.

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