The decision by US President Barack Obama to roll back plans for installing a radar in the Czech Republic and deploying interceptor missiles in Poland reflects both the US perspective and Russian concerns on how to build a ballistic missile defence (BMD) system in Europe. That is how Russian President Dmitry Medvedev characterised the latest changes in Washington's stand on missile defence during his meeting with his US counterpart in New York on 24 September. This decision does not seem to have been an easy one for Obama, especially considering the engagements of the previous administration with Warsaw and Prague.
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