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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 10:13am Sep 2, 2001 EST (#8311 of 8320)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A WEEK'S NYT COVERAGE OF MISSILE DEFENSE

Putin Urges European Minority Protection Standard By REUTERS http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-russia-putin-minorities.html HELSINKI (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Saturday for Europe-wide standards to be set for the protection of minority groups, and said these should be applied to Russian-speaking minorities in Baltic countries.

Israeli Forces Take Over Arab Areas in West Bank By CLYDE HABERMAN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/29/international/29MIDE.html Israel called the operation in Beit Jala necessary to protect its citizens, but Palestinian officials denounced it.

Economy Looms Over Bush's Agenda By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Bush-Fall-Agenda.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, whose father lost the White House during bad economic times, views America's financial slump as a potential threat to his own presidency.

U.S. and British Jets Attack 2 Iraqi Military Command Posts By JAMES DAO http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/29/international/middleeast/29IRAQ.html In the latest attempt to debilitate Iraq's increasingly aggressive air defense system, two military command posts in southern have been attacked.

Bush Says Defense Spending to Increase Despite Economic Slowdown By DAVID E. SANGER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/29/politics/29CND-BUSH.html President Bush vowed today not to let an economic slowdown or an evaporating federal surplus deter him from an increase in the military.

Economists Back Projection of Necessity to Dip Into Social Security Surplus By PHILIP SHENON http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/29/politics/29BUDG.html Projections from Congressional analysts and the White House show that the Bush administration is almost certain to violate its promise to avoid dipping into the Social Security fund.

Defense in Space To the Editor: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/29/opinion/L29MISS.html

Treaties Don't Belong to Presidents Alone By BRUCE ACKERMAN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/29/opinion/29ACKE.html Congress should challenge President Bush's threat to pull out of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty.

Is the ABM Treaty Still Necessary? To the Editor: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/opinion/L28MISS.html

India and the Bomb http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/opinion/28TUE1.html The Bush administration should urge India to limit its nuclear ambitions.

Preserving a Hair-Raising Relic of the Cold War By THE NEW YORK TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/nyregion/28BUNK.html NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — They called it the blockhouse ....

rshowalter - 10:14am Sep 2, 2001 EST (#8312 of 8320)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A WEEK'S NYT COVERAGE OF MISSILE DEFENSE

Steering India Wrong http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/opinion/L28INDI.html Steering India Wrong To the Editor:

Environmental Groups to File Suit Over Missile Defenses By JAMES DAO http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/politics/28MISS.html Several groups assert that the Pentagon's plans for a missile defense test range in the Pacific would violate federal environmental laws.

A Needed ABM Treaty http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/27/opinion/L27MISS.html

The Plutonium Nightmare http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/27/opinion/27MON1.html The Bush administration must not neglect the danger posed by tons of inadequately secured Russian plutonium.

A Treaty the World Has Outgrown By THAD COCHRAN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/27/opinion/27COCH.html If President Vladimir Putin of Russia insists on clinging to the cold war accord, the administration should not hesitate to exercise its rights under the treaty and give notice of our official withdrawal from it.

Achilles' Heel in Missile Plan: Crude Weapons By WILLIAM J. BROAD http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/27/international/27MISS.html The missile defense planned by the Bush administration may be least able to destroy warheads from countries that are thought to pose the biggest threat, federal and private experts say.

U.S. Ready to End Sanctions on India to Build an Alliance By JANE PERLEZ http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/27/international/27DIPL.html The Bush administration is moving to strengthen relations with India, a nation it views as a neglected strategic ally.

Utah G.O.P. Welcomes Cheney and Adopts a New Tone By MICHAEL JANOFSKY http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/politics/26CHEN.html

Putin the Power Broker By CELESTINE BOHLEN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/weekinreview/26BOHL.html Russia's main focus is inward, yet Russia remains determined to stay in the great power game, projecting itself as an equal, if with a weak hand.

rshowalter - 10:14am Sep 2, 2001 EST (#8313 of 8320)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

previous discussion posting, for continuity: ... MD8308 yonkio 9/2/01 8:47am

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