Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of acronyms vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction. Catherine Mcardle Kelleher and peter Dombrowski 1
6. Part I. U.s. policies and programs
7. 1. Addressing the missile threat: 1980–2008 17
8. 2. U.s. national missile defense policy 33
9. 3. Theater ballistic missile defense concepts 48
10. 4. Technical controversy: can missile defense work? 63
11. 5. Congress and missile defense 84
12. Part II. Regional dynamics
13. 6. Europe and missile defense 107
14. 7. Postcrisis perspectives: the prospects for cooperation among the united states, nato, and Russia on ballistic missile defense 121
15. 8. From dream to reality: Israel and missile defense 137
16. 9. Ballistic missile defense cooperation in the Arabian gulf 160
17. 10. Ballistic missile defense in south Asia 180
18. 11. Chinese attitudes toward missile defense 197
19. 12. Japan’s ballistic missile defense and “proactive pacifism” 217
20. Part III. Critical global analyses
21. 13. Strategic dead end or game changer? 241
22. 14. Evaluating the opportunity and financial costs of ballistic missile defense 264
23. Conclusion: the future of ballistic missile defense 283
24. Notes on contributors 295
25. Index 301