Tema destacado del Jueves, 21. Agosto 2008

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US missiles in Poland

Yesterday the US secretary of state and the Polish foreign minister signed an agreement on the stationing of a US missile defence system on Poland's Baltic coast. The Russian government has harshly criticised the plans. Is Europe facing the prospect of a new arms race?

De Telegraaf - Holanda

The signing of the treaty between Poland and the US divides the EU and NATO, writes the tabloid De Telegraaf: "For the first time since 1989 Poland is putting its trust in a foreign power and allowing it to establish a base on its own soil. The biggest EU country in Eastern Europe hopes this will bring it greater security, but in fact it is making itself the target of Russian missiles. A general in Moscow declared this week that nuclear weapons were being aimed at Poland. This poses a threat to the EU as a whole. Poland is no longer relying on NATO alone. The fear of potential Russian aggression has driven Warsaw to seek help from Washington directly. In doing so, the Poles have driven a dangerous wedge between NATO and the EU. Countries like Germany and France are anxiously striving to maintain good relations with the Kremlin. The situation in Georgia has changed everything. A new arms race now seems a distinct possibility." (21/08/2008)

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Dziennik Gazeta Prawna - Polonia

The liberal-conservative daily Dziennik supports the treaty for the construction of the US missile defence shield in Poland and calls on Warsaw to increase its own military defence budget. "If you ... look at the history of our country since 1989, yesterday's treaty is a further success in the process of bolstering Western structures. ... However this is not to say that the great and at times fierce debate that took place in Poland on this issue was unnecessary. ... If we do not invest billions of dollars in equipping the Polish army then no ally will do it for us. ... So we should see the defence shield above all as an opportunity and a challenge. If we add our own missiles to the battery of American Patriot [missiles] to create a non-virtual defence system, all the effort will have been worthwhile. ... If we just sit back in the belief that we have done our bit now that we have 'a major alliance', the American installations on Polish soil will remain primarily an American success." (21/08/2008)

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Delo - Eslovenia

The daily Delo argues that the agreement between the US and Poland is tightly bound up with the conflict in the Caucasus, despite Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's protests that this was not the case: "Only the naïve would fail to make a connection between the rapid signing of the agreement and the Caucasus conflict and the revived Cold War rhetoric. The American missiles that Poland has been given all of a sudden, and that certainly will not be aimed at Iran, speak for themselves. ... Russia's response to the Polish-American plans is the stationing of missiles in Kalinigrad and Belarus. Following NATO's crisis meeting the old-new division within Europe which separates the Eastern European members from the 'old European' countries who know from experience that solid relations with Moscow have always been the key to stability have become visible again. And once again we have reached the Rubicon River, the point of no return. On the other side of that river is a new arms race and along with it a new Cold War."  (21/08/2008)

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taz - Alemania

According to die tageszeitung newspaper, Russia would suffer most in the event of a new arms race: "Moscow's military is not really afraid of the defence system. Ten US missiles face thousands of Russian warheads in case of emergency. ... As always, what is at stake here is the respect and recognition of Russia, which cannot come to terms with the loss of its superpower status. The inclusion of the former satellites Poland and the Czech Republic in the US military sphere of influence is particularly galling for the political leadership, which sees that political clout does not grow along with the petrodollars. All the stronger is the effect of nostalgic memories of Soviet times. In the interest of Russia it remains to be hoped that the Kremlin will not overstep the mark and get involved in a new arms race. The ailing country could never survive that. The fate of the Soviet Union ... should serve as a warning to the leadership." (21/08/2008)

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