Farewell to arms control
Decision Brief No. 06-D 11 2006-03-06 (Washington , D.C.): The deal struck last week by President Bush and...
Foreign Policy
Soul-trying times
Decision Brief No. 06-D 10 2006-03-01 (Washington, D.C.): Recent headlines call to mind a notable turn of phrase...
Russia’s emerging autocracy
Despite objections from Russian authorities, wishful Western policy-makers and other Kremlin apologists, Russia is unmistakably plummeting deeper and deeper into...
Mortal threat
Suddenly, the Iranian nuclear program is all the buzz. It appears to be nearing the point at which weapons-grade material,...
Sharon’s ‘place in history’
Historians know that it is impossible accurately to assess a departed leader's legacy until after many years have passed, let...
Mineshaft canaries
At this writing, 13 men are trapped deep underground in a West Virginia coal mine and the prognosis for their...
The winning alternative
Decision Brief No. 05-D 60 2005-11-21 (Washington, D.C.): Call it the Week that Was. In the course of four days,...
Creeping defeatism
To its discredit, the United States Senate today approved an ill-advised -- and possibly disastrous -- amendment to the annual...
Get real about China
This week, President Bush will be visiting the People's Republic of China. As with all such high-level diplomatic missions, he...
Farewell to Europe
Decision Brief No. 05-D 56 2005-11-08 (Washington, D.C.): Not too long ago, the conventional wisdom was that Europe was going...
Our Saudi enemies
Decision Brief No. 05-D 54 2005-10-24 (Washington, D.C.): Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee was supposed to focus long-overdue attention on...
The House of Kim
Who is next in line at the House of Kim? (Photo: Paramount Pictures)by Patrick Devenny October 10th marked the 60th...
The Myth of the Sunni Diehard
By Patrick Devenny The term “die-hard” entered overall American military and government parlance soon after the fall of Baghdad. Used...
President Bush and the War for the Free World
Decision Brief No. 05-D 51 2005-10-07 (Washington, D.C.): In an extraordinary speech yesterday to the National Endowment for Democracy, President...
No to Islamist Turkey
Decision Brief No. 05-D 49 2005-09-26 (Washington, D.C.): On October 3, representatives of the European Union and the Turkish government...
Recolonizing Africa
By David McCormack The overthrow of Mauritanian president Maaouiy Ould Sid Ahmed Taya last month by a military junta calling...