The Marshall Plan’
(Washington, D.C.):The Bush-Cheney Administration made a lot of its supporters very nervous last week when it signaled that there would...
Year: 2001
Review, But Renew, America’s Defenses
This week's announcement that the Bush Administration would not increase defense spending this year came as a bitter disappointment to...
The President Must Quickly Demonstrate that His Commitment to Defend America is No Gambit’
Israeli Election, Defense Budget Caps Argue for Aegis Option (Washington, D.C.): To their great credit, President Bush and Secretary of...
New Wind Blowing in the Middle East
With polls and early returns suggesting an overwhelming victory for Likud Party leader and retired General Ariel Sharon, it appears...
Newsweek declares the missile defense debate Over’
Newsweek Magazine's on-line service circulated this week a fascinating assessment of the missile defense debate by one of its most...
Grasping the Importance of Space Power
(Washington, D.C.): Finally, the United States seems to be getting serious about the need for space power. For eight years,...
Taking the Rumsfeld Effect’1 to Europe
(Washington, D.C.): Short of putting a sign outside the Pentagon saying "Under New Management," it is hard to imagine a...
The American Mainstream’ Wants a U.S. Missile Defense; Guess That Makes its Opponents Extremists’
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday, the respected polling firm McLaughlin & Associates sent a message that should be read loud and clear...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review scorches State’s public pension system over portfolio’s global bad actors’
Last Sunday's edition of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran a blockbuster expose of the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System -- "one...
Safire makes the case for a missile defense for allies and US
In yesterday's New York Times, syndicated columnist William Safire addressed with characteristic lucidity the folly of the left-wing governments now...
Bush needs to revisit, not continue failed Clinton Mideast policies
This morning, National Public Radio reported that Secretary of State Colin Powell had signaled to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak...
Bloomberg Reports Beijing’s Obfuscation Strategy Concerning Intensifying Sinopec-Iran/ILSA Controversy
(Washington, D.C.): On 19 January, the Bloomberg wire ran a news item that should be of more than passing interest...
Now Hear This: The Commandant Speaks Out on the V-22
(Washington, D.C.): On last night's edition of PBS' "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James...
The Osprey as Phoenix
(Washington, D.C.): Seems like a no-brainer. The new Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, is under orders to cut some big...
Sinopec-Iran Deal Facing Increased Scrutiny: Capital Markets Dimension Could Spell Trouble For Wall Street
(Washington, D.C.): Over the past several days, mounting anger is being expressed in the United States -- notably by the...
The Rumsfeld Effect’: Leadership on Missile Defense
(Washington, D.C.): A few years back, the conventional wisdom had it that the Soviet Union was an immutable fact of...