Operationalization of U.S. Antimissile Shield in Europe and Security of the Republic of Moldova
Operationalization of U.S. Antimissile Shield in Europe and Security of the Republic of Moldova
Author(s): Eduard Țugui
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Geopolitics
Published by: IDIS VIITORUL Institutul pentru Dezoltare şi Initiative Sociale
Keywords: anti-missile shield; NATO and Russia;
Summary/Abstract: Romanian-American agreement, announced on 3 May 2011, according to which Romania will host one of the elements of the U.S. antimissile shield, has revived discussions on continental military-strategic balance, this time on the defensive part of it. On the backdrop of Russia’s declared discontent, NATO-Russia Council has reunited immediately in Brussels al level of Head of Major State, during which Russia demanded legal guaran¬tees, especially from Americans, that U.S. antimissile shield will not target strategic nuclear forces of Russia. D. Medvedev also asked B. Obama for legal safeguards; during bilateral in France, which took place in the context of G8 summit in Deauville on 26-27 May. Geographical proximity and functional consequences of the new continental project will have repercussions on Moldova security and further demarches of Moldovan diplomacy require a prior analysis of the entire context.
Series: Moldova’s Foreign Policy Statewatch
- Page Count: 8
- Publication Year: 2011
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
