The German Response

Since 2002, when the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the international arms control regime has included no limits on missile defense. Washington wants to keep it that way, insisting that it Òwill continue to reject any negotiated restraints on US ballistic missile defenses.Ó Many experts believe that missile defense undermines strategic stability; but some argue that missile defense can play a role in denuclearization. Here, Wu Riqiang of China (2015), Tatiana Anichkina of Russia (2015), and Oliver Thra¬nert of Germany debate whether arms control arrangements should include limits on missile defenseÑor whether advances in missile defense should be encouraged because they might contribute to disarmament.