False friends
(Washington, D.C.): During the recent presidential campaign, Senator John Kerry assailed President Bush for alienating key U.S. allies, evidence he...
Month: December 2004
Dangerous Liasons
Herzliya, Israel — In the course of hours of presentations by assorted Israeli, American and European "peace processors" during a...
Kasparov warns of Putin’s threat to freedom
In the 1980's, World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov used his enormous prestige in the former Soviet Union to help bring...
Watch this space #1: Mark Helprin dissects the China threat
(Washington, D.C.): Official Washington and much of the rest of the world may be focused on the War on Terror...
Rummy’s bad rap
(Washington, D.C.): Donald Rumsfeld is one of the most experienced men in Washington. So he is presumably not surprised at...
Mission of the Islamist Project
Since 1990 the Center has been researching and raising the alarm about the threat of Islamofascism, long before the 9/11 attacks. Through...
Homeland Security for a Strong Nation
Our Homeland Security Projects The U.S. government has no more important mission than protecting the American homeland and its citizens....
The Diplomatic Element of National Power
Our Sovereignty and Diplomacy Projects The diplomatic element of national power is the execution of a nation's foreign policy through political means....
The Economic Element of National Power
The economic element of power is the leveraging of a nation's wealth to influence the behavior of others. The more...
‘Wither’ Israel?
(Washington, D.C.): The plight of Israelis today calls to mind the tongue-in-cheek prayer of Tevye, the hero of "Fiddler on...
International law v. the United States
In the wake of recently leaked charges from the International Committee of the Red Cross that the United States has...
Iraq’s hostile neighbors
Recent stories highlight the threat to Iraqi sovereignty and security emanating from two of its neighbors. As relayed in Wednesday's...
Kill (the) bill
(Washington, D.C.): The philosopher George Santayana once said that "fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your...
9/11 Families for a Secure America
On November 30, Center President and CEO Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., appeared at a press conference with members of 9/11...
Why US Intelligence is Inadequate
By Angelo M. Codevilla Dr. Codevilla is a professor of international relations at Boston University, a fellow of the Claremont Institute...