Bear over the Barrel’: Putin’s Threats re: U.S. Missile Defenses are Strategically Hollow, Economically Unaffordable
(Washington, D.C.): Opponents at home and abroad of President Bush's plan to deploy U.S. missile defenses are betting heavily on...
Donald Rumsfeld
Which Bush on Missile Defense?
(Washington, D.C.): The emerging conventional wisdom about George W. Bush is that he can be determinedly principled with respect to...
With Friends Like These….
(Washington, D.C.): Last week, President Bush's commitment to defend the American people, their forces overseas and allies against ballistic missile...
Needed: Adult Supervision on C.T.B.T.
(Washington, D.C.): One could be forgiven for assuming that the rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) by a...
The Defense We Need
(Washington, D.C.): In 1993, Secretary of Defense Les Aspen undertook what came to be known as a Bottom-Up Review (or...
The Bush Doctrine
(Washington, D.C.): With less than sixty days in office, it may seem premature to declare that President George W. Bush...
Truth and Consequences for Saddam
(Washington, D.C.) At his press conference last Thursday, President Bush reiterated a commitment he has made repeatedly in recent months:...
Will Bush Team End the Ongoing Defense Fire Sale’?
(Washington, D.C.): This afternoon, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) will meet to consider the proposed...
The Marshall Plan’
(Washington, D.C.):The Bush-Cheney Administration made a lot of its supporters very nervous last week when it signaled that there would...
The President Must Quickly Demonstrate that His Commitment to Defend America is No Gambit’
Israeli Election, Defense Budget Caps Argue for Aegis Option (Washington, D.C.): To their great credit, President Bush and Secretary of...
Newsweek declares the missile defense debate Over’
Newsweek Magazine's on-line service circulated this week a fascinating assessment of the missile defense debate by one of its most...
Grasping the Importance of Space Power
(Washington, D.C.): Finally, the United States seems to be getting serious about the need for space power. For eight years,...
Taking the Rumsfeld Effect’1 to Europe
(Washington, D.C.): Short of putting a sign outside the Pentagon saying "Under New Management," it is hard to imagine a...
The Osprey as Phoenix
(Washington, D.C.): Seems like a no-brainer. The new Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, is under orders to cut some big...
The Rumsfeld Effect’: Leadership on Missile Defense
(Washington, D.C.): A few years back, the conventional wisdom had it that the Soviet Union was an immutable fact of...
Ten Years after Saddam Survived Desert Storm, It’s Time To adopt Bush Team’ Blueprint For Ending His Dangerous Misrule
(Washington, D.C.): Few in the West are cheering the 10th anniversary of the start of Operation Desert Storm. Why such...