CIAO DATE: 08/2009
October 2008
The Geneva Centre for Security Policy
The GCSP hosted a workshop on missile defence systems, supported by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. A range of experts, officials and academics contributed to the policy discussion on current and future issues related to missile defence systems. Participants sought to develop a common understanding of current missile defence capabilities, as well as potential threats. Throughout the workshop, experts explored military-technical and political-diplomatic responses to these identified threats. Following this summary of conference proceedings, two participants provide in-depth commentary. Dennis Gormley, Senior Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, analyses and critiques US-centric threat perceptions and related missile capabilities. He explores likely consequences of missile defence policy, including complex missile proliferation at the regional level. Gormley offers a series of “concerns about new dangerous developments that will present significant new challenges for missile defences, as well as non-proliferation policy and military stability.”
Resource link: Missile Defence Systems: Global and Regional Implications [PDF] - 2.2M