What To Do About North Korea’s Nuclear Threat: Execute The ‘Osirak’ Remedy
An ominous new milestone in the passivity and disengagement of American foreign policy under the Clinton Administration is being established...
Year: 1993
Prediction On Russia’s Constitutional Crisis: Yeltsin Will ‘Survive’ — But Hold The Champagne
Developments in Moscow over the past twenty-four hours should give serious pause to those who propose to give Russia urgent,...
Russia Hints at Blackmail Over Arms
The Russian government of Boris Yeltsin is presenting U.S. President Bill Clinton with what Marlon Brando in his "Godfather" role...
Rep. Gonzalez Breaks The Code On ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’: Will Clinton Repeat Bush-Baker’s Financial Malfeasance?
(Washington, D.C.): In an historic address on the House floor on 4 March, Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez -- chairman of...
Don’t slash defense
It is an established fact: Democratic nations generally are reluctant to spend precious resources on their own defense. This helps...
‘Farewell to (Nuclear) Arms’: D.O.E. Announcement Fulfills Bush Unilateral Disarmament Game Plan
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday, the Department of Energy formally closed the Office of New Production Reactors -- the organization charged with...
Forging Consensus On Defense Spending? The Making Of A Coalition To Prevent Hemorrhage In US Security
On 4 March 1993, the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sam Nunn (D-GA), took the floor of the...
‘The Full (Dead) Weight of U.S. Diplomacy’: Clinton Sells Out The Bosnians
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration has failed its first test of leadership in the field of foreign policy: In announcing...
No Way to Run a Railroad — Or National Security: Clinton Cleaver Endangers Effective Military
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration has dropped the second shoe on the U.S. military. First, the President tried to impose...
Thanks, But No Thanks: Clinton Should Back Bosnia in Rejecting Vance-Owen ‘Peace In Our Time’
(Washington, D.C.): President Clinton's baptism of fire in foreign affairs looms before him. The long-suffering people of Bosnia, those elsewhere...
US Strategic Defense Program Is Too Important To Be Entrusted To Officials Who Would Eviscerate It
Candidate Clinton said during the campaign that a "fresh assessment" of the threats to U.S. interests was needed, including those...
TRANSFORMATION WATCH #12: ‘PLUS ÇA CHANGE…’ RUSSIA REVERTS TO FORM, HOW WILL CLINTON RESPOND?
(Washington, D.C.): Even as Russian President Boris Yeltsin is insisting that the United States and its G-7 partners immediately reschedule...
‘THIS IS NO DRILL’: CLINTON TALKS WITH JCS ON GAYS IN THE MILITARY MUST BE REAL, NOT A HUMILIATING CHARADE
(Washington, D.C.): According to Secretary of Defense Les Aspin, today's White House meeting between President Clinton and the nation's top...
New Russian Defaults on Debt Raise Doubts Over Ex-Im Loan Plan
By MICHAEL S. LELYVELD Journal of Commerce , January 13, 1993 Russia's growing defaults on debts to the United States...
Red Ink Rising: Congress Needs To Take A Hard Look At New Loans To Defaulting Moscow
U.S. taxpayers are facing a rapidly-rising pool of red ink marring the books of two U.S. government lending agencies --...
Wake-Up Call From Saddam: Turkey Is A Friend In Need, A Friend Indeed
If nothing else, the renewed outbreak of hostilities with Saddam Hussein's Iraq is an important reminder of the volatility of...