Missile Defense

Transatlantic Missile Defense: Looking to Lisbon

On Tuesday, October 12th, the Atlantic Council hosted a conference which featured remarks from senior U.S. policymakers, as well as U.S. and European experts to discuss the political, technical, and budgetary issues concerning transatlantic missile defense on the eve of the NATO Defense and Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels and with less than a month […]

Force Posture – Panel 2 Transcript

U.S. Force Posture in Europe Speakers: Peter Walpole, Associate, Booze Allen Hamilton Maj Gen Paul Schafer, Director of Strategy, Policy and Assessments, U.S. European Command Kori Schake, Distinguished Chair of International Security Studies, West Point Academy Jim Townsend, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Gen (Ret.) Chuck Wald, Aerospace and Defense Industry […]

Weakened Atlanticists and Uncertainty in the Czech Republic

By Lukas Hoder

To the traditionally skeptic Czechs, the idea of the ballistic missile defense system was never an easy sell for the Bush administration.  Even Alexander Vondra, a leading Czech Atlanticist under Vaclav Havel who pushed for Euro-Atlantic integration, could not convince the public of the merits of the radar base planned for the Czech Republic.

Defensive on Missile Defense

By Jeffrey Lightfoot

A series of briefings by General Patrick O’Reilly of the Missile Defense Agency, Under Secretary of State Ellen Tauscher, and Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Nacht at the Atlantic Council on Wednesday provided a strong case and rationale for the administration’s recent decision on missile defense in Europe.

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Patrick O’Reilly

Full transcript of LTG Patrick O’Reilly’s remarks and discussion at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Ellen Tauscher

Full transcript of Ellen Tauscher’s remarks and discussion at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Michael Turner

Full transcript of Representative Michael Turner’s remarks and discussion at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Panel 4

Full transcript of the fourth panel entitled “The Broader Arms Control Agenda” at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Panel 1

Full transcript of the first panel “The Architecture – Capabilities and Technical Implications of the Administration’s Plan” at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Panel 2

Full transcript of the second panel on “Implications and Next Steps for NATO and Europe” at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”