Daniel Bagge

Bagge is a junior researcher at the Center for Security Policy at Charles University in Prague and an adviser to Czech Senator Jiřina Rippelová.

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Articles by Daniel Bagge

Opinion
6 October 2009
Nuclear Weapons

Obama's missile defense rethink: The Czech reaction

Blanka HančilováDaniel Bagge

The reactions of Czech politicians to the September 17 announcement that the United States will shelve its plans for a radar in the Czech Republic as part of its European missile defense system varied from charges of betrayal to warm acceptance. In general, Prague focused on the political fallout of the decision, rather than the system's technical shortcomings, which U.S. President Barack Obama cited as one of the key reasons for scrapping it.