After years of protest from Russia US President Barack Obama has decided to renounce the plans of his predecessor George W. Bush for a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. Instead Obama announced in Washington on Thursday plans to develop a new defence system against Iranian short and medium-range missiles. The European press comments on this change in direction in US foreign policy.
With articles from the following publications: Gazeta Wyborcza - Poland, Aktuálně.cz - Czech Republic, Sydsvenskan - Sweden, Die Presse - Austria
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