EADS: Partner or proliferator?
In this paper, the Center argues that the U.S.'s involvement with European defense conglomerate EADS poses potentially serious problems for our...
Defense Procurement Policy
Dangers ahead in Air Force procurement
Globalization has compelled the Pentagon to rely on foreign manufacturers for key elements of the nation's defense needs. While that...
Kyl offers second opinion on space ‘weaponization’
(Washington, D.C.): Following two weeks of confusion bordering on panic displayed by American officials in the wake of Communist...
Straw in the solar wind
Breaking nearly two weeks of silence, Communist China has now confirmed that it did indeed successfully attack and destroy an...
The Army’s new COIN manual
The Army's new Counterinsurgency Field Manual FM 3-24, was published in December 2006 and is a thorough and insightful treatment...
Private Security and US Foreign Policy
The use of privatized military forces on the battlefield is hardly a new concept, with examples ranging from the operations...
Testing, testing
Decision Brief No. 06-D 51 2006-10-03 (Washington, D.C.): In the wake of the panicky response to North Korea's announcement today that...
States of denial
Decision Brief No. 06-D 50 2006-10-02 (Washington, D.C.): So, Bob Woodward has become the latest journalist to try to...
Victory on the C-17, but concerns remain
Senate Appropriates Committee conferees, who today secured funding for 10 additional C-17 airlifters, are to be commended for recognizing the...
‘No place to run’
In the 2006 mid-term elections, no issue is likely to be more determinative of the outcomes of congressional races and,...
Success! A ground-based missile defense milestone
Decision Brief No. 06-D 43 2006-09-01 (Washington, D.C.): Today's successful intercept of a simulated incoming ballistic missile by an...
Sounding retreat
Decision Brief No. 06-D 42 2006-08-28 (Washington, D.C.): Urban legend has it that populations of wild rodents known as...
Democratic defeatism
Decision Brief No. 06-D 38 2006-08-07 (Washington, D.C.): Suddenly, the Democrats have found their voice on Iraq. It is...
Concentrating on missile defense
The British wit, Samuel Johnson, once declared that, "The prospect of hanging concentrates the mind wonderfully." The televised images of...