Testing, Testing: Is The Clinton Administration Determined To Gut The US Nuclear Deterrent?
Tomorrow, Clinton Administration cabinet officers are scheduled to meet to consider a draft of Presidential Review Document-19 (PRD-19), a decision...
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A Good Week For The ‘Radical Entente’: Outlaw Nations Likely Emboldened By Ineffectual Western Responses
This was a red letter week for "international outlaws" and rogue nations bent on illegally acquiring weapons of mass destruction,...
Second thoughts about defense
One of the most important news stories in the past week - properly given front-page, "above-the-fold" treatment by The Washington...
Clinton’s not-so-hidden nuclear agenda
President Clinton revealed an ominous facet of his national security agenda recently: He disclosed that he hopes to "denuclearize the...
So Much For ‘The Vision Thing’: Clinton-Aspin Defense Budget Is Risky Business
The Clinton Administration's response to the emerging national security problems from Russia to North Korea to Iran and Iraq to...
Don’t Breathe Easier Yet: Scariest Part Of Russia’s Roller-Coaster Yet To Come
Far from being over, the crisis in Moscow will likely escalate in the days and weeks ahead as opposing hostile...
What To Do About North Korea’s Nuclear Threat: Execute The ‘Osirak’ Remedy
An ominous new milestone in the passivity and disengagement of American foreign policy under the Clinton Administration is being established...
Rep. Gonzalez Breaks The Code On ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’: Will Clinton Repeat Bush-Baker’s Financial Malfeasance?
(Washington, D.C.): In an historic address on the House floor on 4 March, Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez -- chairman of...
‘The Full (Dead) Weight of U.S. Diplomacy’: Clinton Sells Out The Bosnians
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration has failed its first test of leadership in the field of foreign policy: In announcing...
Thanks, But No Thanks: Clinton Should Back Bosnia in Rejecting Vance-Owen ‘Peace In Our Time’
(Washington, D.C.): President Clinton's baptism of fire in foreign affairs looms before him. The long-suffering people of Bosnia, those elsewhere...
TRANSFORMATION WATCH #12: ‘PLUS ÇA CHANGE…’ RUSSIA REVERTS TO FORM, HOW WILL CLINTON RESPOND?
(Washington, D.C.): Even as Russian President Boris Yeltsin is insisting that the United States and its G-7 partners immediately reschedule...
Wake-Up Call From Saddam: Turkey Is A Friend In Need, A Friend Indeed
If nothing else, the renewed outbreak of hostilities with Saddam Hussein's Iraq is an important reminder of the volatility of...
Say It Ain’t So: Clinton’s Pledge To Restore Moral Compass In Foreign Policy Abandoned Before The Inauguration?
(Washington, D.C.): In the course of a press conference yesterday, President-elect Bill Clinton sounded a breathtakingly conciliatory note toward Saddam...
The Triumph Of Hope Over Experience: The New Chemical Weapons Treaty Is A Dangerous Delusion
Samuel Johnson once said that second marriages represent "the triumph of hope over experience." The same applies to much of...
How Not to Lend To A Bankrupt Russia: Eximbank Energy Deal Should Be Iced, Reworked
The terms of a multi-billion dollar series of loan guarantees to the Russian oil and gas sector in preparation by...
Doomsday Scenario: Aspin Nomination Sets Stage For Dellums Chairmanship, Grim Tidings For Defense Community
As Presidents George Bush and Boris Yeltsin meet this weekend to discuss the status of Russia's structural transformation -- and...