A Bush-Putin Discussion on the Radar

19 June 2007

Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS) Fellow Dr. Richard Weitz writes about growing tensions between Russia and the US over a US-sponsored proposed missile defense shield in Eastern Europe in a Washington Post commentary. Speaking about Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to instead develop a joint US-Russian ballistic missile defense (BMD) facility in Azerbaijan, Weitz suggests that "At most, the offer might induce the United States to abandon its efforts to deploy BMD assets in Poland and the Czech Republic. At the least, it could help to stabilize relations between Russia and many NATO countries, which had deteriorated in recent months due largely to the BMD dispute."

Dr. Richard Weitz is a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS), a non-profit, non-governmental national security group that applies the intent-centric paradigm to promote research, innovation and education in the fields of information sciences, cognitive studies and information security.

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