Hu’s becoming first?
In one of the great comedic routines of all time, Abbott and Costello went round and round about a baseball...
Foreign Policy
Peace Despite Weakness?
Two recent episodes offer an insight into a world in which the United States deliberately adopts a policy of pursuing...
The denuclearizers dangerous ambitions
Hold on to your hat. No sooner had the Senate finished approving the so-called New START Treaty by the closest...
National Security Policy Proceedings, vol. 3: Fall 2010
Purchase paperback Download free PDF National Security Policy Proceedings, vol. 3 - Fall 2010 This is the third issue of...
US denies Iran has been at war with us for 30 years
For 30 years, when it has come to addressing Iran's acts of war against the United States, we have reacted...
Saudi Friends and Foes
It seems that, thanks to Saudi Arabia, the latest effort to kill Americans with sophisticated bombs failed. Thanks to Saudi...
Obama’s not-so-hidden agenda
Earlier this year, President Obama drove U.S.-Israeli relations - to use one of President Obama's oft-employed analogies - into a...
Communist dictatorship presents trouble in Asia and abroad
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates met with China's Minister of Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie last week at the ASEAN...
Center issues Congressional Scorecard; Peace Through Strength Platform shows way forward on national security
2009-2010 National Security Scorecard (PDF) The Center for Security Policy today released its ninth National Security Scorecard evaluating the performance...
The ‘Peace Through Strength’ Pledge
Last week, Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled with much fanfare their "Pledge to America." It is intended by...
All us citizens of the world
As a candidate for the U.S. presidency, Barack Obama touted himself to foreign audiences as a "citizen of the world." ...
Enter the dragon
The dramatic come-from-behind election of Benigno (Noynoy) C. Aquino III as president of the Philippines breathes new life into Philippine...
From Russia, with love
So, Team Obama has pulled another Christmas Day bomber hash-up. Recall how, in the case of Umar Farouq Abdulmuttalab, after...
Blame the torpedo
The U.N. condemns an act of aggression but not the aggressor. When is a condemnation really a form of diplomatic...
Is Petraeus going native?
It was bad enough when, two months ago, word got around that U.S. Central Command's commanding general, David Petraeus, had...
American weakness on display
When the United States commanded "street respect," it was achieved by adhering to a policy of "peace through strength." This...