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Tauscher: Missile threat from Iran exaggerated
28.3.2009 - Personalities
A candidate for a top nonproliferation post in the Obama administration played down the threat from Iran's long-range missile program as a reason to build a...
Czech Parliament Vote Clouds U.S. Missile Plan
28.3.2009 - Commentaries
The Czech government lost a parliamentary vote of no confidence on Tuesday, suffering an embarrassing defeat midway through its presidency of the European...
Czech pro-radar government has fallen
28.3.2009 - Press releases
On Tuesday 24th of March, Mirek Topolanek's government received a vote of no confidence. This exactly a week after the coalition withdrew Radar treaty from...
12.3.2009: Football happening of the Initiative
22.3.2009 - Czech news
On Thursday 12th March 2009, Prague hosted a meeting of Defence ministers of the EU member states. To mark the occasion, the No Bases Initiative organized a...
American voice against proposed radar in the Czech Republic
21.3.2009 - World news
As leaders of the Czech Republic consider the possible installation of the United States' missile radar system in your country, we believe your audience...
British CND against U.S. radar on Czech soil
21.3.2009 - World news
The British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) on Tuesday sent a letter to the Czech Chamber of Deputies voicing concern over the plans to build a radar...
The Czech government failed
19.3.2009 - Press releases
On Tuesday, March 17th, the Government of the Czech Republic sent the proposal to ratify the two treaties on the placement of the US radar on...
Managing Missile Defense's Demise
16.3.2009 - Commentaries
The U.S. missile defense project has always been a divisive issue both at home and abroad. Domestic critics of the project, which the Bush administration...
2009 National Security and Nonproliferation Briefing Book
16.3.2009 - Studies
The 2009 National Security and Nonproliferation Briefing Book is a project coordinated by the Peace and Security Initiative (PSI), and generously supported by...
Majority of Czechs still against US radar
16.3.2009 - Czech news
According to January survey of CVVM SOÚ AV ČR 65 % of Czech citizens did not agree with planned deployment of U.S. anti-missile radar in Czech Republic, on...
Missile defense said to face near $2 billion cut
19.2.2009 - World news
The White House has asked the Pentagon to cut nearly $2 billion, or up to roughly 20 percent, from missile defense in its fiscal 2010 budget...
Europe against US Missile Defence conference
18.2.2009 - World news
On the 31st January 2009, “Europe against US Missile Defence conference” took place in London. The event was organized by well-known British civic...
Obama's Adviser: Missiles for Europe put on ice
15.2.2009 - World news
The Obama administration sought to mend fences with Moscow today after years of drifting into hostility, offering to shelve the Pentagon's contentious...
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Wants Cuts to Missile-defense
15.2.2009 - World news
Confronted by two costly wars and a collapsing economy, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee is preparing to trim military spending on weapons, committee...
Obama's chance to end the Star Wars fantasy
15.2.2009 - Commentaries
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The programme was dubbed "Star Wars" – which was fitting, since it was science fiction. As the years passed, the US strategic planners developed...