Issue on the Table

As President-Elect Obama starts receiving his daily intelligence briefings, one issue has been put on the table to address. Russian president Medvedev declared that the Kremlin would station missiles in the town of Kaliningrad, which borders Poland. This is in response to U.S. plans for an anti-missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia appears to be communicating to the new president that it will continue the tough line it took with the Bush administration. However, the new president, as he indicated in his Election night victory speech, should take an equally hard line with Russia and continue our anti-missile system plans in Eastern Europe even if there is a delicate balance to maintaining favorable relations in the context of European and Middle East policy.

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