I.S.O. a scapegoat
(Washington, D.C.): Ahmed Chalabi has suddenly become a kind of Arabian piata, presented to the world as everything from a...
Foreign Policy
It’s about time: Lautenberg Amendment would address ‘outsourcing’ loophole used to neuter sanctions
(Washington, D.C.): This afternoon, the United States Senate is expected to conduct a roll-call vote on an important initiative offered...
Caveat emptor: China Commission’s Robinson cautions investors on Chinese stock and bond offerings
(Washington, D.C.): The front page of todays Wall Street Journal, features a lengthy, above-the-fold expos of the initial public offering...
Get a grip
The domestic media and political feeding frenzy that has ensued in the wake of revelations of prisoner abuse by U.S....
Rumsfeld’s war, Powell’s occupation
In a recent article for National Review, Barbara Lerner provides an insightful analysis of what has gone wrong to date...
Canary in the mine shaft: China’s agenda for Asia and beyond on display in the crushing of freedom in Hong Kong
(Washington, D.C.): On Monday, the Chinese Communist Party announced that it would deny Hong Kong universal suffrage in its 2007...
China’s agenda for Asia and beyond on display in the crushing of freedom in Hong Kong
On Monday, the Chinese Communist Party announced that it would deny Hong Kong universal suffrage in its 2007 election for...
Restructure, don’t cut, the missile defense program; focus should be on deployment of near-term anti-missile systems
(Washington, D.C.): All other things being equal, it seems likely that the next week will see a concerted effort made...
‘Cut-and-walk’ on Iraq?
(Washington, D.C.): Even without Bob Woodward's grudgingly favorable rendering of the wartime leadership of George W. Bush, one thing has...
The China threat revealed
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard testimony on Thursday concerning the growing threat that Communist China poses to the security...
Farewell to New Europe?
Among Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's many contributions to the conduct and character of American security policy was his introduction...
Beware of the Gaza trap
(Washington, D.C.): When President Bush meets today with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, he will be asked to endorse the...
‘Elimination of al Qaeda’ was Bush’s first major security directive, Rice tells panel
President George W. Bush's first major national security policy directive was "not Russia, not missile defense, not Iraq, but the...
Anti-anti-missile defense
(Washington, D.C.): A new front has recently been opened in the attack on President Bush's defense and foreign policies and...
Deterring a Chinese attack against Taiwan: 16 steps
By Richard D. Fisher, Jr. Asian Security Fellow, Center for Security Policy (Washington, D.C.): With the reelection of President Chen...
The case for liberating Iraq
(Washington,D.C.): The following are two important contributions to the debate over the wisdom and necessity of the American-led effort to...