Going, Going, Gone: Clinton/Aspin Condemn Nation To Permanent Vulnerability To Missile Strikes
With yesterday's announcement by Secretary of Defense Les Aspin of "the end of the 'Star Wars' era," another historic milestone...
Deterrence
Testing, Testing: Is The Clinton Administration Determined To Gut The US Nuclear Deterrent?
Tomorrow, Clinton Administration cabinet officers are scheduled to meet to consider a draft of Presidential Review Document-19 (PRD-19), a decision...
The Right Way To Respond To The ‘Too-Many-Air-Forces’ Criticism: Keep The V-22 Osprey Multi-Service And Multi-Mission
A hardy perennial in the debate over the "roles and missions" of the various military services is the argument that...
So Much For ‘The Vision Thing’: Clinton-Aspin Defense Budget Is Risky Business
The Clinton Administration's response to the emerging national security problems from Russia to North Korea to Iran and Iraq to...
President Reagan Is Right: The United States Needs To Deploy Strategic Defenses ‘Now More Than Ever’
(Washington, D.C.): In an exclusive videotaped address to a Center for Security Policy roundtable marking the tenth anniversary of the...
What To Do About North Korea’s Nuclear Threat: Execute The ‘Osirak’ Remedy
An ominous new milestone in the passivity and disengagement of American foreign policy under the Clinton Administration is being established...
‘Farewell to (Nuclear) Arms’: D.O.E. Announcement Fulfills Bush Unilateral Disarmament Game Plan
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday, the Department of Energy formally closed the Office of New Production Reactors -- the organization charged with...
‘THIS IS NO DRILL’: CLINTON TALKS WITH JCS ON GAYS IN THE MILITARY MUST BE REAL, NOT A HUMILIATING CHARADE
(Washington, D.C.): According to Secretary of Defense Les Aspin, today's White House meeting between President Clinton and the nation's top...
When Will We Ever Learn? Last Bush Foreign Policy Paroxysm Produces Flawed Start Ii Accord — For Wrong Reasons
Suddenly, there is a START II Treaty. Before negotiators had even finished drafting the document, Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger...
Doomsday Scenario: Aspin Nomination Sets Stage For Dellums Chairmanship, Grim Tidings For Defense Community
As Presidents George Bush and Boris Yeltsin meet this weekend to discuss the status of Russia's structural transformation -- and...
‘B-S’ PATROL #5 ‘YOU’RE NO JOHN KENNEDY’ — FLIP-FLOPS BY SWING SENATORS ON SDI AREN’T EXACTLY PROFILES IN COURAGE
(Washington, D.C.): The Senate is expected today to complete consideration of the FY1993 Defense authorization bill. One of the first...
‘B-S’ PATROL #4: BUMPERS-SASSER RELIANCE ON CBO’S ‘BUM DOPE’ JEOPARDIZES STRATEGIC DEFENSE, NATIONAL SECURITY
(Washington, D.C.): The Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee will shortly act upon a proposal by Sens. Dale Bumpers (D-AR) and Jim...
THE IRAQ SYNDROME: BUSH ADMINISTRATION IGNORES, FACILITATES SYRIAN ARMS BUILD-UP
(Washington, D.C.): Amidst expectations that Syrian-Israeli negotiations may soon produce a separate peace in one of the Middle East's most...
CASTRO’S POTEMKIN NUCLEAR SHUTDOWN: CHERNOBYL AT CIENFUEGOS STILL IN PROSPECT
(Washington, D.C.): What would appear on the surface to be a welcome announcement by Fidel Castro over the week-end --...
‘GETTING TO NO’ ON SDI: CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DON’T LET CONSTITUTION, MEMBERS GET IN WAY OF DEFENSE BILL
(Washington, D.C.): A curious thing is happening to the FY1993 Defense Department authorization bill as it awaits Senate floor action:...
“Breathing Space” For A Democratic Russia: Bush Should Offer Debt Relief/Forgiveness
Suddenly, there is a START II Treaty. Before negotiators had even finished drafting the document, Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger...