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Book SynopsisThis book offers in-depth analysis of the reasons behind Russiaâs policy toward the construction of a U.S ballistic missile defense system in Europe. It examines Russiaâs policymaking dynamics and argues that, contrary to Moscowâs official claims, Russiaâs objections are based on a combination of security concerns and political calculations.
Trade ReviewBilyana Lily . . . has written the most comprehensive study available on Russia’s Ballistic Missile Defense policies. In the course of her book Russian Foreign Policy toward Missile Defense: Actors, Motivations, and Influence, drawing on a huge array of media sources as well as interviews, she demonstrates how these policies serve as a barometer for measuring US-Russia and US-NATO relations, as well as how they illustrate the complex interplay of factions and forces among Russia’s elite. * New Books Network *
Lilly has provided readers with a most comprehensive analysis of the complex variables shaping the Russian response to the U.S. missile defense program. She enlightens us regarding both the domestic dimensions of Russian decision-making as well as Russian goals with respect to NATO and the United States. Her scholarship is especially impressive in the large number of Russian sources she used and the many interviews she has conducted with Russian officials. -- Richard Weitz, Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute
Bilyana Lilly professionally captures the critical issues, relationships, and environment between the United States, Europe, and Russia as the United States developed and deployed its own missile defense system and planned, in conjunction with NATO, to defend Europe from the emerging Iranian missile threat. Her extensive research, remarkable interviews, and analysis provides extraordinary insight and perspective into this high profile, high stakes arena. -- General Henry A. Obering III, former director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Table of ContentsIntroduction: From Measured Opposition to Assertive Confrontation Chapter 1: An Alternative Explanation: Actors, Motivations and Influence in the Corridors of the Kremlin and Beyond Chapter 2: Setting the Record Straight: Why Russia’s Security-Related Fears Are Exaggerated Chapter 3: Russian BMD Policy 2000–2003: Prestige and Cooperation Chapter 4: Russian BMD Policy and the Third NMD Site 2004–2008: Perceptions of Encirclement Chapter 5: Russian BMD Policy and EPAA 2009–2014: The Significance of Russia’s Domestic Forces Conclusion
