Regional missile defense from a global perspective

Introduction / Catherine McArdle Kelleher and Peter Dombrowski 1. - Part I U.S. Policies and Programs. - 1 Addressing the Missile Threat: 1980-2008 / Susan J. Koch 17. - 2 U.S. National Missile Defense Policy / James M. Acton 33. - 3 Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Concepts / Amy F. Woolf 48. - 4 Technical Controversy: Can Missile Defense Work? / Feorge N. Lewis 63. - 5 Congress and Missile Defense / Nancy W. Gallagher 84. - Part II Regional Dynamics. - 6 Europe and Missile Defense / Gustav Lindstrom 107. - 7 Postcrisis Perspectives: The Prospects for Cooperation among the United States, NATO, and Russia on Ballistic Missile Defense / Vladimir Dvorkin 121. - 8 From Dream to Reality: Israel and Missile Defense / Ariel Levite and Shlomo Brom 137. - 9 Ballistic Missile Defense Cooperation in the Arabian Gulf / Michael Elleman and Wafa Alsayed 160. - 10 Ballistic Missile Defense in South Asia / Andrew Winner 180. - 11 Chinese Attitudes Toward Missile Defense / Christopher P. Twomey and Michael S. Chase 197. - 12 Japan's Ballistic Missile Defense and "Proactive Pacifism" / Saadia M. Pekkanen 217. - Part III Critical Global Analyses. - 13 Strategic Dead End or Game Changer? / Brad H. Roberts 241. - 14 Evaluating the Opportunity and Financial Costs of Missile Defense / Dov S. Zakheim 264. - Conclusion: The Future of Ballistic Missile Defense / Peter Dombrowski and Catherine McArdle Kelleher 283