Missile defence and the transatlantic alliance [WP1075]

Key points:

• What are the implications of NATO’s decisions on missile defence at the Lisbon Summit?
• What prospects for territorial missile defence of NATO members?
• What are the technological and architecture challenges?
• How can intra-Alliance consensus be maintained and developed?
• What issues are the subject of intra-Alliance controversy and how can this be overcome?
• What are the implications for NATO’s relations with Russia?
• What implications for the US-Russia nuclear reductions process and the prospects of further agreement? How can these implications be met?