Word: shielding
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...nations to exert their influence to compel Iran to give up its suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons. In a letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Obama asked for Moscow's help in dealing with Tehran, although the White House denied offering to curtail U.S. plans for a missile-defense shield in Eastern Europe as a quid pro quo. The Administration has also asked Syria and China to pressure Iran, but the diplomatic focus remains on Russia, which is helping Iran complete its first nuclear reactor in the southern port city of Bushehr, scheduled to go on line this summer. Iran...
Ballet superstar and Kennedy School grad Damian Woetzel led the audience in the opening few movements of a Balanchine classic. There was, as Wotezel described it, the "shield your eyes against the sun" gesture, the "I have a headache gesture," and then the sound of a churchfull of winter boots sweaking against the floor: heels together, toes apart--ballet's first position...
...harebrained scheme for a European missile defense program in Poland and the Czech Republic. But, before we commit to such a program, the Obama administration should remember the most important lesson of the Bush years: the importance of using diplomacy first. Before committing to the expensive and unproven missile shield in Central Europe, the United States should exhaust all of its remaining diplomatic options...
...proposed missile shield will not only encourage overly militaristic behavior in the Pentagon, but it will also seriously damage our already-tenuous relationship with the Russian Federation. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has had a rocky relationship with its former Warsaw Pact allies, especially Poland. Moreover, Moscow has viewed the continued expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance into Central and Eastern Europe as evidence of growing American hegemony...
...Equivocating on this critical issue will only make the problem worse. To that end, the Obama administration should firmly reject the proposed European missile defense shield, especially if it plans to diplomatically reach out to Russia and Iran in the future...