Building another TBMD in Europe
My last blog was about Iran's nuclear-program that renews the tensions between Europe, US and Russia regarding Nuclear Non-Proliferation policies and security dilemmas that these superpowers faced during the height of the cold war. The pentagon is putting up a missile defense system in Poland to counter the nuclear missile threat of Iran against continental Europe. But Russia criticized this move because it could undermine Russia's nuclear deterrence with its vast nuclear arsenal being intercept by this new missile defense system.
This is why international relations prove to be very difficult to manage. Anarchy in International Relations is very evident and ignoring it could prove futile and disastrous. Iran's current move is not only creating tensions in the M.E but also renewing the tensions brought by the previous cold war in which nuclear weapons were the ace weapons in which both sides built enormous amount of it resulting into massive stockpile and proliferation of it especially after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
However, the latest military action by the Pentagon had different mix of opinions by different countries and interest groups. Russia obviously is annoyed by the creation of that missile system, as well as citizens of Poland whose public uproar made the government rethink about it's commitment in the missile system. Of course other European nations or perhaps the E.U is happy because it gave them a deterrent against Russia's repositioning of its nuclear missile force targeting key cities and installations across Europe. But the overall sentiment about this system is the sincerity of the installation of this system sticking with the reason focusing on Iran's possible nuke attacks and not any other reason, which includes upsetting Russia with it.
So how will Pentagon respond with this? Will Russia position its nuclear force against Europe? Will Iran really live to the expectations of a possible Nuke attack? Or it's only an imaginary situation created by US to justify the installation of the system? We will find the answers within the next few days...
This is why international relations prove to be very difficult to manage. Anarchy in International Relations is very evident and ignoring it could prove futile and disastrous. Iran's current move is not only creating tensions in the M.E but also renewing the tensions brought by the previous cold war in which nuclear weapons were the ace weapons in which both sides built enormous amount of it resulting into massive stockpile and proliferation of it especially after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
However, the latest military action by the Pentagon had different mix of opinions by different countries and interest groups. Russia obviously is annoyed by the creation of that missile system, as well as citizens of Poland whose public uproar made the government rethink about it's commitment in the missile system. Of course other European nations or perhaps the E.U is happy because it gave them a deterrent against Russia's repositioning of its nuclear missile force targeting key cities and installations across Europe. But the overall sentiment about this system is the sincerity of the installation of this system sticking with the reason focusing on Iran's possible nuke attacks and not any other reason, which includes upsetting Russia with it.
So how will Pentagon respond with this? Will Russia position its nuclear force against Europe? Will Iran really live to the expectations of a possible Nuke attack? Or it's only an imaginary situation created by US to justify the installation of the system? We will find the answers within the next few days...
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