What We’re Not Prepared for From Saddam’s Arsenal
How would the U.S. government and the American people react if the following nightmarish scenario materialized? The U.S. is at...
Month: September 1990
Iraqi Biological Weapons Capabilities Require New US Debate On ‘Assured Vulnerability’
The Center for Security Policy today welcomed official confirmation of its earlier warnings that Saddam Hussein was capable of engaging...
Holding our noses against gas attack
Of the many military, political and human dramas relating to the Persian Gulf crisis that television has played out in...
Will Congress Restore US Technology Security? Export Controls’ Imminent Moment Of Truth
Introduction Within the past week the congressional Joint Economic Committee and the House Government Operations Committee have held important hearings...
Iraq Gives Hill Wake-Up Call On Export Controls
In the aftermath of two important congressional hearings on U.S. exports of militarily relevant technology to Iraq, the Center for...
Congress Puts A Marker Down: End The Japanese Default On Burden-Sharing
Today, a bipartisan group of seventy members of the House of Representatives -- led by Rep. Charles D. Schumer (D-NY)...
Gorbachev Balk On Reform Forces Choice On West: Endorse Freedom Or Renewed Authoritarianism?
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday threw down the gauntlet to his opponents in the Soviet Union bent on genuine, urgent...
Beyond The ‘Great Glaspie’: Commerce’s Misdeeds Surpass State Department Kow-Towing To Iraq
It may seem difficult to top U.S. Ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie's recent statement that " didn't think...that the Iraqis...
‘Veto Bait’: Irresponsible Congressional Cuts In SDI And Other Defense Programs
The Center for Security Policy today welcomed the announced intention of the House Armed Services Committee's ranking minority member, Alabama...
What Are The Bush Administration’s ‘Next Steps’ On Nuclear Testing Arms Control?
Coincident with the start of the Senate Armed Services Committee's deliberations on two arms control treaties involving nuclear testing, the...
Excerpts From Nuclear Testing Negotiations: What Is The Bush Administration’s Agenda?
(No. 89-34, 26 June 1989) Introduction Under the charter for the NTT negotiations agreed to in September, 1987 by then-Secretary...
‘Tough Love’: Gaffney Commends, Critiques Bush Performance On Iraq
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., director of the Center for Security Policy, commended President Bush for his powerful address last night...
Security Policy In The Post-Kuwait World
An Address by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Director of the Center for Security Policy The Heritage Foundation September 12, 1990...
Defense Scorecard #3: An Assessment of Congressional Actions on Key FY1991 Defense Issues
Introduction As part of its continuing effort to monitor the adequacy of spending on national defense, the Center for Security...
Center Offers Guide To Making Defense Budget Choices Prudently
As the House of Representatives began debate on the FY 1991 Defense Authorization Act, the Center for Security Policy provided...
Selling ‘Success’ At The Helsinki Summit: Extolling The Emperor’s New Clothes?
The Center for Security Policy today released an analysis of the just-concluded Bush-Gorbachev summit in Helsinki which sharply challenged up-beat...