Private Security and US Foreign Policy
The use of privatized military forces on the battlefield is hardly a new concept, with examples ranging from the operations...
Defense
Surge protector
Suddenly, "surge" is the talk of the town. Gone, for the moment at least, is "surrender" - the leitmotif, if...
Baker’s poisoned fruits
It seems as though poison is much in vogue at the moment. For example, Russia's emerging dictator, Vladimir Putin, appears...
Iraq Surrender Group
On Wednesday, an unelected, unaccountable and substantially unqualified commission will formally report what hasn't already been leaked about its recommendations...
The forgotten project: Afghanistan and its future
By Dat Cao Mr. Cao is a former research intern with the Center for Security Policy and a student of...
The new groupthink
We are, as the saying goes, between Iraq and a hard place. Unfortunately, events this week seem likely to drive...
Testing, testing
Decision Brief No. 06-D 51 2006-10-03 (Washington, D.C.): In the wake of the panicky response to North Korea's announcement today that...
States of denial
Decision Brief No. 06-D 50 2006-10-02 (Washington, D.C.): So, Bob Woodward has become the latest journalist to try to...
Victory on the C-17, but concerns remain
Senate Appropriates Committee conferees, who today secured funding for 10 additional C-17 airlifters, are to be commended for recognizing the...
2006 Keeper of the Flame Award: Duncan Hunter
On September 20, 2006, the Center for Security Policy paid tribute to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter and...
‘No place to run’
In the 2006 mid-term elections, no issue is likely to be more determinative of the outcomes of congressional races and,...
Success! A ground-based missile defense milestone
Decision Brief No. 06-D 43 2006-09-01 (Washington, D.C.): Today's successful intercept of a simulated incoming ballistic missile by an...
Sounding retreat
Decision Brief No. 06-D 42 2006-08-28 (Washington, D.C.): Urban legend has it that populations of wild rodents known as...
Democratic defeatism
Decision Brief No. 06-D 38 2006-08-07 (Washington, D.C.): Suddenly, the Democrats have found their voice on Iraq. It is...