Enough already: Ten years without nuclear tests is too long to assure the deterrents’ safety, reliability
(Washington, D.C.): Ten years ago last Monday, the United States stopped knowing for sure whether its nuclear arsenal would work...
Defense
The V-22: Exemplar of Transformation
(Washington, D.C.): On 24 September 2002, the Center for Security Policy, the Heritage Foundation and the Potomac Institute co-hosted a...
The Next ‘Crusader’?
(Washington, D.C.): In the weeks ahead, the outlines of next year's defense budget will begin to take shape. It has...
Exiting the A.B.M. Treaty — A model for dealing with Iraq
(Washington, D.C.): On the eve of what is being billed as a major address to the United Nations, President Bush...
Shape Up or Ship Out
(Washington, D.C.): In the U.S. military -- an organization Colin Powell knows well -- actively defying the Commander-in-Chief has a...
New York Sun Sheds Light on Scowcroft Agenda
(Washington, D.C.): The newly established alternative to the New York Times has performed a valuable service with an editorial examining...
The Senate Democrats’ True Colors on Defense
(Washington, D.C.): Since September 11th, some congressional Democrats have imitated chameleons, altering their observable ideological coloration for tactical political advantage....
Inviting Losses on Two Fronts
(Washington, D.C.): In the months that have followed the murderous attacks launched on September 11th, President Bush has repeatedly, and...
Hail to the Chief! Bush withdraws from the ABM Treaty and commitment to deploy defenses ASAP
Second Successful Navy Intercept shows the Way Ahead
(Washington, D.C.): To his lasting credit, President Bush formally completed yesterday a process he began six-months ago -- ending U.S....
It’s Over: The A.B.M. Treaty is History; Now let’s Get On with Deploying Missile Defenses!
Starting tomorrow, the United States will no longer be a party to or subject to the constraints of the 1972...
Make Missile Defense Happen
(Washington, D.C.): On Friday, the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty will formally be consigned to the dust-bin of history. With its...
Bush’s Russian Gamble
President Bush has just put some expensive additional chips on an extraordinary gamble. With his visits over the past week...
The ‘Next War’: Will Carl Levin Be Allowed To Leave America Vulnerable To Missile Attack?
(Washington, D.C.): The baying of Congressional Democrats last week over unfounded allegations that President Bush "knew" beforehand about the September...
Veto Bait: Levin Efforts to Replace Treaty -Based Impediments to Missile Defense with Legislative Ones Must Be Thwarted
(Washington, D.C.): On June 14th, the United States will complete its withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, clearing the...
The Bush Nuclear Posture Review: Adults at Work on Restoring the Credibility of America’s Deterrent
(Washington, D.C.): In the wake of September 11, millions of Americans have taken comfort from the fact that a group...
Loose Lips’: U.S. Capabilities Vital to War on Terror Being Jeopardized by Dangerous Disclosures
(Washington, D.C.): Today's Washington Post features a front page news article disclosing the existence of what it ominously calls a...