Defectors Spare US Further, Ill Advised Appeasement of North Korea– At Least Temporarily
(Washington, D.C.): The Administration's decision to grant asylum to two North Korean diplomats following their defection last weekend has prevented...
National Security Policy
Wake-Up Call From Novaya Zemlya: Zero-Yield Nuclear Test Ban Is Unverifiable, Russians Will Cheat, U.S. Will Suffer
(Washington, D.C.): The front-page of the Washington Times revealed today that Russia is suspected of having conducted a nuclear test...
Bureaucratic Foul Play is a Threat to the B-2 Bomber Not Foul Weather
(Washington, D.C.): The late August news vacuum was temporarily filled last week with astounding reports that the United States' most...
High-Level Roundtable Discussion Reveals U.S. Nuclear Deterrent’s Credibility, Reliability Imperilled
(Washington, D.C.): The Center for Security Policy today released a ten-page summary of its High-Level Roundtable Discussion on "The Future...
With ‘Partners for Peace’ Like Arafat, Who Needs Enemies?
(Washington, D.C.): Just when it seemed impossible for Yasser Arafat to demonstrate more clearly his contempt for the Middle East...
Damage Limitation in the Wake of the New Press Misspokesman
(Washington, D.C.): In the ten days since James Rubin was formally installed by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as the...
Panama slipping into China’s ready grasp?
By Gordon Sumner & Howard Phillips Washington Times, 18 August 1997 With virtually no serious debate, Congress has committed $6...
Will The U.S. Cede The Strategic ‘Path Between The Seas’ To The People’s Republic Of China And/Or Narco-Traffickers?
(Washington, D.C.): One of the most strategically portentous actions taken by the U.S. government in recent memory is going forward...
Say It Ain’t So: Ross’ Trilateral Intelligence Gambit Threatens US Security Interests
(Washington, D.C.): President Clinton's Middle East Special Envoy, Dennis Ross, capped four days of feverish shuttle diplomacy in the region...
Don’t Fall for it Mr. President: Landmine Ban is Seductive, But a Bad Policy and a Formula for Killing US Personnel
(Washington, D.C.): According to press accounts, President Clinton has one more "to do" item before he heads to Martha's Vineyard...
Denial Is No Basis For Securing A Durable Mideast Peace
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration's manic reaction to the latest international crisis is, unfortunately, all too typical. Its effort to...
‘Peace Process’? Bombs Say More Than Words Do
By Robert L. Pollock Wall Street Journal, 31 July 1997 BRUSSELS -- The Middle East is endangered, and not primarily...
Clinton ‘Legacy’ Watch #3: Saddam Lives to Fight Another Day
(Washington, D.C.): Like prestidigitators bent on distracting observers from the locus of the real action, the Clinton Administration would have...
Clinton Legacy Watch #2: The Re-Emergence of a Hollow US Military
(Washington, D.C.): President Clinton reportedly has become obsessed with his "place in history." If so, he would do well to...
CIA’s Debacle Dodged
By Jim HoaglandThe Washington Post, 24 July 1997 Marking its 50th birthday, the Central Intelligence Agency needs bold, creative leadership...
Russia Must Not Be Rewarded with US Taxpayers Dollars for Selling China Missiles Designed to Kill American Sailors
(Washington, D.C.): A House-Senate conference committee is expected today to consider a provision of the House-passed FY1998 foreign assistance authorization...