Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective explains the
origins, evolution, and implications of the regional approach to
missile defense that has emerged since the presidency of George H.
W. Bush, and has culminated with the missile defense decisions of
President Barack Obama. The Obama administration's overarching
concept for American missile defense focuses on developing both a
national system of limited ground-based defenses, located in Alaska
and California, intended to counter limited intercontinental
threats, and regionally-based missile defenses consisting of mobile
ground-based technologies like the Patriot PAC-3 system, and
sea-based Aegis-equipped destroyer and cruisers. The volume is
intended to stimulate renewed debates in strategic studies and
public policy circles over the contribution of regional and
national missile defense to global security. Written from a range
of perspectives by practitioners and academics, the book provides a
rich source for understanding the technologies, history, diplomacy,
and strategic implications of the gradual evolution of American
missile defense plans. Experts and non-experts alike-whether
needing to examine the offense-defense tradeoffs anew, to engage
with a policy update, or to better understand the debate as it
relates to a country or region-will find this book invaluable.
While it opens the door to the debates, however, it does not find
or offer easy solutions-because they do not exist.
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