Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Julianne Smith, director of the CSIS Europe Program, was quoted by the Washington Post, "Bush Vows He Will Upgrade Poland's Air Defenses."
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Julianne Smith, director of the CSIS Europe Program, was quoted by the Washington Post, "Bush Vows He Will Upgrade Poland's Air Defenses."
President Bush promised yesterday to upgrade Poland's antiquated armed forces with a plan to be developed before he leaves office in January as he sought to secure an agreement that would allow the United States to establish an antimissile system in Eastern Europe despite vigorous Russian objections.
Meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the White House, Bush appeared to boost efforts to get his missile defense program on track in the face of deep skepticism in Warsaw. Tusk came to office in November far cooler to the idea of stationing U.S. interceptors on Polish soil than his predecessor, and until recently talks had bogged down. [...]
"We've gotten past the impasse and started the engines again," said Julianne Smith, head of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. "It doesn't mean we've got all the details settled, but both sides are moving again."
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