Dangerous disarmers
Wednesday marks the 63rd anniversary of the destruction of Hiroshima by an American atomic bomb. For most of us, if...
Deterrence
Bad deal: all carrots, no sticks
President George W. Bush Thursday formally abandoned the last vestiges of a once-robust policy towards a North Korean regime he...
Straighter talk needed on nuclear deterrence
On May 27th, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain outlined his vision for a McCain Administration’s policy towards nuclear...
Incoherence on deterrence
In response to questions about the Iranian nuclear threat, Democratic Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has recently adopted a...
Moscow’s missile gambit
Six years ago, President Bush announced the U.S. withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and our intention to deploy...
Moscow’s missile gambit
Six years ago, President Bush announced the U.S. withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and our intention to deploy...
Nonproliferation, Deterrence, and Nuclear Strategy
The nuclear weapons ambitions of North Korea and Iran have made front-page news of the related U.S. issues of nonproliferation,...
El-Baradei’s nuclear policy
The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency Director Muhammad ElBaradei is a man of dubious integrity. In 2005 he was vaunted...
Military service benefits civilian life
The majority of military jobs have direct civilian counterparts, and 81% of military careers are in non-combat occupations. Veterans of...
Veteran earnings are competitive
Military pay with benefits is comparable to its civilian counterpart, and there is no statistical evidence that veterans earn less...
STRATCOM: Safe, reliable deterrence critical
By Donna Miles As the United States works to reduce its nuclear weapons stockpile, it must ensure it has enough...
Arms controllers return
With Al Gore winning an Oscar for propagandizing about an admittedly somewhat hyped threat of global warming, the convergence of...
2007: A Chinese space odyssey
Reports last month that China had successfully tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon against one of its own antiquated weather satellites...
Why North Korea’s nukes?
The ongoing nuclear goings-on in North Korean have been greeted with a mixture of incredulity, outrage, confusion, and even downright...