Chinese Enron? Bank of China’s Planned New York Stock Exchange Listing Collides with Systemic Corruption Revelations
(Washington, D.C.): A $2-5 billion initial public offering (IPO) and New York and Hong Kong stock exchange listings of the...
Year: 2002
Dangerous mixed signals on the ‘Axis of Evil’
What's going on here? In last week's State of the Union address, President Bush solemnly declared: States like and their...
Navy Missile Defense Success Offers Bush a Chance to Issue a Challenge for the History Books
(Washington, D.C.): Tomorrow night, President Bush has a chance to make not only a memorable speech, but an historic one....
Who Pulled the Plug on the Chinese Bugs’?
(Washington, D.C.): A highly classified U.S. operation that promised to provide important -- perhaps even geopolitically explosive -- insights into...
Now, confirm Secretary Reich
The latest of many laudable examples of President Bush's commitment to principle and fortitude in the face of political adversity...
What to Do About Saudi Arabia
(Washington, D.C.): The recent law suit by an American servicewoman ordered to wear head-to-toe "cover" and submit to other indignities...
No Need to Know’
(Washington, D.C.): A "need to know" is one of the most time-tested principles of information security. According to this principle,...
What to Do About Iran
(Washington, D.C.): The front page of today's New York Times confirms that what has been predictable -- and predicted --...
Time for the Bush military build-up
In recent days, Clinton partisans have sought to take credit for the U.S. military's awesome performance to date in the...
Will Bush N.P.R. Be a Sentence’ for U.S. Denuclea
(Washington, D.C.): During her travels in Wonderland, Alice found herself embroiled in a kangaroo-style trial in which the judge famously...
China: The Not-So-Hidden Dragon in the War on Terror
(Washington, D.C.): If Pakistan and India go to nuclear war in the coming days, each country will be blamed for...
Uh-Oh: On Eve of Release of Nuclear Posture Review, Energy’s I.G. Confirms Serious Problems with U.S. Stockpile
(Washington, D.C.): Within the next few days, the Bush Administration will unveil its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) -- the long-awaited...
Countering Al-Qaeda
"Countering Al-Qaeda" is monograph published by RAND researcher Brian Jenkins. His report deals with numerous counter-terrorism meaures including military operations, intelligence...