Central Europe is watching the American deployment of a European ballistic missile defense network closely -- and not for protection from ballistic missiles.
For Germany, neither option was pleasant: Write off the possibility of Europe becoming a great power or underwrite two trillion euros of government debt. Germany has now decided.
Rather than serving as a tool for removing war criminals from power, international law tends to enhance their power and remove incentives for capitulation.
A report that Russia has moved missiles to its borders with NATO member states comes amid divisions within NATO and tensions between the West and Russia over missile defense.
U.S. plans for ballistic missile defense in Central Europe have actually increased in scope since an initial proposal was scrapped in the fall of 2009.
