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Since the 1990s, growth in the EU15 has been weak. The share of the EU15 in world production has been declining below that of the US & the transatlantic gap has increased to reach 3O%. The EU as a trade area has also become more open to global flows, including from emerging countries. The weakness of innovation-based growth in Europe has become a major issue on the EU agenda. The Lisbon Strategy (2000) aimed precisely at strengthening the EU's potential growth. The heterogeneity of the EU & the Union's limited competencies in such policy areas as labor markets & innovation have hindered progress towards the Lisbon objectives which depend on a better identification of the respective roles of national & EU policies. Graphs, References. Adapted from the source document.

The author explores the complex relationships between anti-ballistic missile defence and space strategy. He sets out the reality of the ballistic missile threat, and discusses how NATO is approaching this issue, and the policy it established at the recent Lisbon Summit.