Nato commits to US missile defence shield

The Nato foreign ministers have clearly expressed their support for the planned installation of a radar base for the US missile defence shield in the Czech Republic. The conservative daily Lidové writes that this is "bad news for the opponents of the project and those who thought that after Barack Obama's election there would be a change in the direction of America's foreign policy. The nomination of radar advocates Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates (Secretaries of State and Defence respectively) shows that at least as far as this point is concerned, the frequently invoked change in Washington's policy won't come. But the opponents of the radar needn't give up yet. Among other things they can point out that the missile shield is not yet functioning properly. Nor have the advocates of the missile shield won yet. It is not certain that they will secure the support of the parliament in [Prague]. And finally the plans could be delayed by the ongoing global economic crisis."

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