START Follow-on and Missile Defense in Eastern Europe: Prospects for the Remainder of the Bush Administration

  • Date: Friday, Aug 8, 2008

    Lunch briefing for Congressional staffers featuring Brian Green, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic Capabilities at the Defense Department. The topic of discussion was US and Russian negotiations on a legally binding, follow-on arms control agreement to replace or renew START and Washington's efforts to address Moscow's concerns over missile defense systems to be stationed in Eastern Europe. The meeting focused on the status of both of these efforts, how they can be advanced during the remaining months of the Bush presidency, and what that will mean for an incoming administration.