US and Russia square up over missile shield

Preview of the issues to be discussed at a summit meeting between US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Moscow, 6-7 July 2009.

United States: Missile Defense Agency http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/html/mdalink.html

ESO: Background information: Who will use the G-word – Georgia? http://www.europeansources.info/record/who-will-use-the-g-word-georgia/

BBC News, 3.7.09: Putin urges Obama to scrap shield http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8133343.stm

BBC News, 3.7.09: Russia 'agrees US troop transit' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8134064.stm

BBC News, 6.7.09: US set for tough Moscow summit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8135394.stm

The Economist, No.8638, 4.7.09: America and Russia Welcome to Moscow http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13944748

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