Golden Dome changes both NATO and the EU
Posted: 9th January 2026
The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences– December 22, 2025 – Golden Dome changes both NATO and the EU
On January 27, 2025, just a few days after taking office for a new term as President of the United States, Donald Trump signed an “Executive Order” to the US Department of Defense – now called the “War Department” – to build a missile defense system, what he later came to call “The Golden Dome”.
According to a statement by the then Department of Defense (now the “Ministry of War”), the Golden Dome will “unify a range of capabilities to create a system of systems to protect the United States from air attack by any aggressor”. …
On May 8, China and Russia issued a joint statement criticizing the project for undermining the link between strategic offensive weapons and strategic defensive weapons, i.e. the very idea of a nuclear balance. Russian press spokesman Peskov said that while a decision on Golden Dome is a sovereign matter for the United States, it is also in the common interest of both countries to create a new legal framework to replace the no longer functioning nuclear arms treaties between the United States and Russia.
However, as of the end of October 2025, no preparations for negotiations on US-Russian arms control have been initiated. Donald Trump is said to have said that it might be a good idea, but without wanting to discuss the matter in more detail. On January 5, 2026, the only Russian-American arms control agreement still in force, the so-called New START agreement, expires. …
Europe has reason to be concerned about the development. Golden Dome is only intended to protect the US’s own territory and, as far as is known, not that of its allies. Europe will have to devote its resources to its own defense to a greater extent, especially to defending itself against Russian ambitions to expand its influence westward. Unless some decisive change occurs in the US in the near future, we must reasonably conclude that the US is on the verge of not having the financial resources required to continue to live up to its responsibility for our military defense within the framework of NATO. …
NATO will be put under strain as the US has to make a huge effort to row the Golden Dome project ashore while simultaneously updating and re-equipping all of its other defenses. The US is tempted to scale back its presence in Europe. …
https://en.kkrva.se/golden-dome-forandrar-bade-nato-och-eu/