Mirabile Dictu: The Washington Post Acknowledges The ‘AEGIS Option’s’ Promise for Missile Defense
(Washington, D.C.): For the first time, the Washington Post gave front-page treatment to an article concerning the most promising option...
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Life Support for Castro: New Commission on Cuba,
Paris Club ‘Rescheduling’ of Havana’s Defaulted Debt
(Washington, D.C.): With the mid-term election an accomplished fact, the "usual suspects" are resuming one of the hardiest perennials of...
Sen. Kerrey’s Trial Balloon: Clinton Next to Offer More Denuclearization in Exchange for Limited Missile Defense?
(Washington, D.C.): Today, Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE) used an appearance before the the Council on Foreign Relations in New York...
Will Clinton Just Pay Lip-Service to the ‘Liberation’ Iraq — Or Will He Take Concerted Action to Achieve it?
(Washington, D.C.): Surprisingly few surprises have come out of the latest "crisis" with Iraq. Indeed, the behavior exhibited by Saddam...
Hedging Financial Bets In China: Will ‘ITIC’s’ And Other Entities With P.L.A. Connections Be Bailed Out By Beijing?
(Washington, D.C.): The Chinese government -- wracked with a potentially serious liquidity crises afflicting its roughly 240 International Trade and...
Israeli Cabinet Action on Wye Accord Offers Chance to Rethink, Alter Ill-Advised U.S. Role in its Implementation
(Washington, D.C.): Approval today of the Wye agreement -- on the basis of the vote of a minority of the...
Read Our Lips: It’s Not the Weapons, Stupid — It’s the Regime
(Washington, D.C.): If the past seven years have taught us nothing else, they have made one thing painfully clear: Saddam...
How the 106th Congress Can Begin To Reestablish ‘Adult Supervision’ Over International Affairs: Kill the Kyoto Treaty
(Washington, D.C.): The next few weeks are likely to prove to be tough ones for U.S. foreign policy. No matter...
Mission Impossible: Wye Deal Poses Threat to U.S. Intelligence — As Well As Israeli Security, American Interests
(Washington, D.C.): On Monday, the Director of Central Intelligence took an unusual, if not unprecedented, step: He issued a public...
Market Confidence in ‘China Inc.’ Appropriately Shaken — G.I.T.I.C. Bond Default A taste Of What Is To Come?
(Washington, D.C.): In recent days, the global financial crisis rocking emerging markets has fulfilled a long-standing prediction of the William...
How Not To Forge A Peace Agreement
(Washington, D.C.): If the repercussions likely to ensue from President Clinton's Wye Plantation conference on the Middle East were not...
Center For Security Policy Criticizes Undisciplined House Aid Package For Poland And Hungary
The Center for Security Policy today issued a critical review of the Polish and Hungarian Democracy Initiative Act (H.R. 3204)...
AEI symposium demonstrates flaws of Clinton mideast policy
On 14 October, the American Enterprise Institute hosted one of its most important, and timely, conferences to address the subject...
Omnibus Bill’s Defense Plus-Ups Offer Hope That Needed Priority Will be Given to Critical National Security Functions
(Washington, D.C.): The adage that one does not want to know what goes into the process by which sausages are...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 32: ‘Wimpy diplomacy’ —
‘I’ll Gladly Pay You Tuesday’ for a Signing Ceremony Today
(Washington, D.C.): Here we go again. Another week in the run-up to the 1998 elections. Another "breakthrough" or two to...
Caspian Watch # 12: Great Game-Playing By the National Democratic Institute in Upcoming Azerbaijani Elections?
(Washington, D.C.): In recent days, the Washington Post(1) and New York Times(2) have devoted large quantities of newsprint to the...