Scrapping the missiles – a tipping-point?

Date of publication: 
07 October 2009
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President Obama’s recent announcement to scrap plans for a radar installation in the Czech Republic linked to missile defence installations in Poland may herald a tipping point in US and EU relations with Russia. But which way? Michael Emerson explores in this commentary whether it usher in a new era of genuine cooperation with Russia on strategic matters, or whether Russia’s geo-political hawks will feel emboldened to proceed with their quest for hegemonic power in the former Soviet space.