Stopping START
Any day now, President Obama is expected to unveil a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia. This so-called Strategic...
Deterrence
Navigating new naval threats
Terrorist's threats against the U.S. Navy are nothing new. The latest threat declared on Dec. 31 that al Qaeda plans...
START over
Amidst the late night machinations and parliamentary skullduggery that now passes for legislative process in what was once rightly known...
Putin’s ‘do-over’
Twenty-six years ago this Fall, a titanic struggle played out in Europe. The main protagonists were Ronald Reagan and the...
Your Deterrent: What’s at stake at the Moscow summit
When President Obama wheels and deals this week with his double-headed Russian counterpart - Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, please...
On Eve of Obama’s Moscow Summit, Experts Warn of Growing Risks to U.S. Nuclear Deterrent
(Washington, D.C.): As President Obama prepares to depart for Moscow next week, few Americans have any idea that his administration...
The Denuclearizers’ Bridge-jump
At one point or another, everybody tries to justify their participation in behavior that defies common sense and good judgment...
‘The enemy is us’
Perhaps the most famous line the history of cartoons was one Walt Kelly gave his much-beloved character, Pogo: “We have...
Gays and the military: a bad fit
With the nation engaged in two wars and facing a number of potential adversaries, this is no time to weaken...
Obama’s North Korea reaction: more talks
Prior to North Korea's launch yesterday of a Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, President Barack Obama declared that such an action would...
Peace through weakness?
Fresh from reworking the domestic economic order via the “stimulus” bill in favor of vastly expanded U.S. government influence and...
Will Obama ‘go to’ defense?
Presidents have discovered that the surest way to make history is by playing against type. The paradigmatic example occurred in...
Senator Kyl on nuclear deterrence
Since the end of the Cold War, America's once-formidable nuclear deterrent capability has suffered from total neglect – stockpiled weapons...
Where are the carriers?
Last week, the Navy announced it had capped production of the DDG-1000 destroyer at two ships. One of the...
Taiwan arms freeze
When President Bush came to power in 2001, his administration had an announced policy to improve the defensive posture of...