The disengagement delusion
Decision Brief No. 06-D 16 2006-03-27 (Washington , D.C.): Today, even more than is usually the case, Israel is...
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Sudan’s Chinese guardian
By Fred Stakelbeck Sudan's brutal Islamist President Omar al-Bashir and Chinese President Hu Jintao have become fast friends as of...
No worries for Beijing’s suppression
By Robert T. McLean On March 8, Western investors and the Chinese government came together at the United Nations headquarters...
What if we lose?
Three years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq swept away the brutal dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, eroding public support for...
Center co-sponsors international conference
The Center for Security Policy on Monday joined the Institut pour la Defense de la Democratie in co-hosting a day-long...
Islamists’ creeping coup in Turkey
Decision Brief No. 06-D 14 2006-03-13 (Washington, D.C.): Arguably, among the most pressing questions of our time...
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...
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...