Russia opposes the American missile shield in Romania because it wants Romania to belong to its sphere of influence, National security and defence Heritage Foundation specialist Baker Spring believes. heritage Foundation is a conservative think-tank from Washington. In this way, "the ball will be in the Romanian and US court: they need to say if the accept Russia's demands".
In an interview for HotNews.ro reporter Adrian Novac talked about the costs of the missile shield project, about its symbolic value and how it would influence Russia's relations with the US and Eastern Europe.
Talking about the US decision to have the missile shield in Europe, Baker Spring says that the Obama administration sees that the threat of an attack with short, medium an intermediate range of action missiles as imminent and believes it could undermine the security relationships between the United States and their allies. The missile shield is meant to counteract Iranian missiles.
The consequences, he believes, are positive: stronger security connections between the US and allies, protection for the European nations against a possible attack plus the consolidation of US strategy to discourage nuclear disarmament. Some voices talk about the negative consequences between US and Russia and Europe-Russia, but there is a working option to convince Russia that the defence options are in its interest. This can be carried out through the process of arms control and through offers addressing missile cooperation with Russia, Spring opinionated.
It has not been decided yet how many countries will be included in the missile shield project, but it is assumed defensive systems will be places in the US, Asia, Middle East, Europe. At the moment, 20 countries plus NATO have joined the project. The Obama administration has not mentioned which countries are con
