Concentrating on missile defense
The British wit, Samuel Johnson, once declared that, "The prospect of hanging concentrates the mind wonderfully." The televised images of...
Defense
Gaffney gives ‘just the facts’ on Iraqi WMD
In the wake of the recent revelation of a National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) report about the discovery in Iraq...
War-winning don’ts and do’s
Decision Brief No. 06-D 31 2006-06-26 (Washington, D.C.): When the history of this era is written, it will be...
So Bush didn’t lie about WMD
Earlier today, supporters of a free, stable and prosperous Iraq claimed a small victory in the Senate's 60-39 vote to...
‘Iraq War’ truth squad
Decision Brief No. 06-D 30 2006-06-19 (Washington , D.C.): With voters going to the polls in a little more...
The QDR and strategic mobility
It has become fashionable of late, among elected officials and pundits, to describe the United States military as "broken" and...
Caspar W. Weinberger, R.I.P.
Early this morning with the passing of former Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, the Nation lost one of its...
The misguided howl’er over the Growler
The Marine Corps' new Internally Transportable Vehicle (ITV), manufactured by American Growler has been the target of recent howls from...
Farewell to arms control
Decision Brief No. 06-D 11 2006-03-06 (Washington , D.C.): The deal struck last week by President Bush and...
Mortal threat
Suddenly, the Iranian nuclear program is all the buzz. It appears to be nearing the point at which weapons-grade material,...
The NYT goes to war-and President Bush fights back
Decision Brief No. 05-D 64 2005-12-17 (Washington, D.C.): On December 16, the Nation's so-called "paper of record" joined the War...
Get serious
Decision Brief No. 05-D 62 2005-12-05 (Washington, D.C.): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be spending the week in Europe...
Out of control
(Washington, D.C.): Sen. Jesse Helms once famously complained that the problem with the State Department is simple. With all its...
Pentagon V-22 decision equals true transformation
The Center for Security Policy welcomed the Defense Acquisition Board's long-awaited decision Wednesday to approve full-rate production of the V-22...
Removing ‘special’ from the U.S.-U.K. relationship
Decision Brief No. 05-D 48 2005-09-22 (Washington, D.C.): For nearly a century, the United States has had no more militarily...
See no evil?
The leaking earlier this month of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) projection that Iran is a decade away from obtaining...