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...
National Security Policy
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...
So There Is A Missile Threat, After All: Clinton Pentagon Confirms Rumsfeld Commission’s Central Finding
(Washington, D.C.): Last Friday, top uniformed and civilian Pentagon officials made something of a spectacle of themselves on Capitol Hill....
Bipartisan Initiative to Liberate Iraq Offers Effective alternative to Clinton’s Unraveling Containment ‘Strategy’
Needed: Similar 'Adult Supervision' on Kosovo (Washington, D.C.): On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and a substantial number of...
Senate Given Another Opportunity to Reject Clinton’s Policy of Denuclearization: the Gottemoeller Nomination
(Washington, D.C.): One month ago, the U.S. Senate signaled strong disapproval of the Clinton Administration's "denuclearization" policies when forty-four Senators...
Wanted: An End to the ‘Hollow’ Military —
and A ‘Feasible,’ ‘Practical’ Missile Defense
(Washington, D.C.): At a tempestuous hearing today, the Senate Armed Services Committee heard the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...
1998 Freedom Flame/Casey Medal of Honor Award: Jeane Kirkpatrick
(Washington, D.C.): At a moment of profound national angst over the domestic implications of President Clinton's personal and public misconduct,...
Critical Mass #4: Emerging Missile Threat Concentrates the Minds of U.S. Allies; Japanese Admiral Urges End to ABM Treaty
(Washington, D.C.): Samuel Johnson's phrase that hanging "concentrates the mind wonderfully" is an apt metaphor for the effect palpable missile...
It’s About Time: Increase in Defense Budget Should Be Matched by Course Corrections on Tech Transfer, Missile Defense
(Washington, D.C.): According to today's Wall Street Journal, Secretary of Defense William Cohen and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are...
Shame, Shame Redux: As Clinton Presidency Melts Down, 41 Democrats Continue Filibuster of Bill to Defend America
(Washington, D.C.): For the second time in four months, forty-one Senate Democrats voted to prevent debate on a bill that...
Only the Clinton Team Could Respond to North Korean, Other Emerging Missile Threats by Canceling Near-Term T.H.A.A.D.
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration is reportedly poised to unveil its first substantive response(1) to Sunday's demonstration by North Korea...
R.I.P. C.T.B.: Biden-Specter Amendment’s Phyrric Victory Shows Decisive Senate Opposition to Clinton’s Flawed Test Ban
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday, the U.S. Senate handed the first crushing defeat to a major presidential arms control initiative since its...
Will Senate Allow Implementation of CTB Without Ratification?
(Washington, D.C.): During consideration of the FY 1999, Foreign Operations Appropriations bill today, Senators Joseph Biden (D-DE) and Arlen Specter...
‘My God, The Threat is Right Now‘
(Washington, D.C.): In a recent interview, the Chairman of the House National Security Committee, Rep. Floyd Spence (R-SC) declared with...
Erosion of resolve on Iraq
by Jon KylWashington Times, 27 August 1998 "This isn't a negotiation. I don't plan to give them anything. I'm here...