Publication

This report assesses the current status of ballistic missile defenses (BMD) worldwide and how different choices by the US and its regional allies will continue to shape the nature and credibility of BMD doctrine. The text specifically includes articles on 1) India’s quest to build its own missile defense system and its BMD-centered relationship with the US and its neighbors; 2) the history of Turkey’s missile defense efforts and the current dilemmas it faces; 3) the Gulf Cooperation Council’s struggle to create an interoperable missile defense system; 4) how missile defense figures in US-Republic of Korea relations and the latter’s ties with Japan and other Asian neighbors; 5) Japan’s missile defense cooperation with the US and its role in promoting nonproliferation in East Asia; and 6) North Korea’s perceptions of US, Japanese and South Korean BMD efforts.