The Impact of Czech Domestic Politics on Missile Defense Agreements Between the United States and the Czech Republic

<p>This paper explores the impact of Czech domestic politics on the United States' quest to gain Czech support for the radar. It begins with an overview of European Missile Defense and why the United States desires a radar in the Czech Republic. It continues with a description of the political situation in 2002 when the US first approached the Czech Republic with the idea of hosting a radar. It then proceeds to describe the on-going domestic political scene until the bilateral agreements were signed in 2008. The paper explores evidence found in the agreements to indicate the impact of Czech domestic politics and then derives conclusions from the history and evidence observed.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>