Now Hear This’: Does the President Mean What He Says?
(Washington, D.C.): Every skilled government official knows the magic words: "What the President meant to say is...." And with good...
Defense
Time of Testing
(Washington, D.C.): Testing, testing. That word may be the leitmotif of the next three days -- and not only for...
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Gives Center Award to Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger
Says U.S. Should Continue Anti-Terrorism War After Afghanistan (Washington, D.C.): November 6 - "We will conduct a sustained campaign to...
Just Do It’: Wall Street Journal Urges President to Jettison A.B.M. Treaty, Not Breathe New Life Into It
(Washington, D.C.): As George W. Bush nears an historic decision on his missile defense legacy, one of the most influential...
Bush’s Reykjavik Moment
(Washington, D.C.): The U.S. president meets in an unusual location with his Kremlin counterpart. Amidst high expectations of a summit...
Don’t Breathe New Life into the A.B.M. Treaty
(Washington, D.C.) President Bush has an unprecedented opportunity at his upcoming meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin to fulfill his oft-repeated...
It’s Official: The A.B.M. Treaty Regime Harms U.S. Missile Defense Programs — So End It, Already
(Washington, D.C.): Last week, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced that two upcoming tests of U.S. missile defense systems would...
Now for the War Aims
(Washington, D.C.): With Sunday's aerial attacks against targets in Afghanistan, the United States' military might has begun to be employed...
The Casey Legacy: Go On Offense’ in the Intelligence War on Terror
(Washington, D.C.): America's war on terrorism just got an important boost. It came in the form of a reminder by...
What President Bush Should Say Tonight
(Washington, D.C.): George W. Bush will give what may be the most important speech of his life tonight before a...
The Death of Illusions
(Washington, D.C.): One widespread and pernicious illusion died a fiery death on September 11: The notion that America -- the...
Who is the Enemy and How They Must Be Fought
(Washington, D.C.): Press accounts detail how the Bush Administration and the Congress are reacting to the "acts of war" unleashed...
A case Study: Critics of Secret U.S. Biodefense Research Underscore Mindless Arms Control’s Perniciousness- Timely Insight into Fight over Missile Defense
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday's New York Times gave front-page, above-the-fold treatment to a news article revealing that the Clinton and Bush...
Strategy of a Thousand Cuts
(Washington, D.C.): It is probably, as the Communists are wont to say, "no accident, Comrade" that every day brings some...
Rummy’s Back: Choice of Gen. Myers Evidence Affirms that Rumsfeld is a SecDef for our Time
(Washington, D.C.): When President Bush last Friday announced his choice of General Richard Myers to become the next Chairman of...
2001 Keeper of the Flame Award: James Schlesinger
The Center for Security Policy takes great pleasure in awarding the 2001 "Keeper of the Flame" Award to Dr. James...