Iran and Unintended Consequences By Laicie Heeley August 19, 2013 In their Aug. 13 op-ed, Sen. Mark Kirk and Rep. Eliot Engel claim that “Without Stronger Sanctions, Iran Will Go Nuclear.” Both this claim and the argument it supports are misleading. What Sen. Kirk and Rep. Engel fail to recognize is that further pressure will […]
Fact Sheet: President Obama’s Berlin Speech and New Nuclear Weapons Policy Guidance
by Kingston Reif Background -The President in 2009 and the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) articulated the goal of reducing the role and number of nuclear weapons in US security strategy to comport with the 21st century security environment. In 2011 the President asked the Pentagon to lead an interagency review to develop several alternative […]
Blown Opportunity: The Folly of Exempting Nuclear Weapons from Sequestration
Are nuclear weapons expensive? Should they be exempt from sequestration? According to the Pentagon, the answers to these questions are “No” and “Yes”.
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Report Charts Path Toward Greater Scientific Scrutiny Of Defense Programs By Sebastian Sprenger August 14, 2013 Defense Department officials should take greater care to ensure their programs are tested under preplanned, realistic conditions, skipping crude data analysis techniques in favor of more advanced ones to ensure better insight into system performance, according to a report […]
Blown Opportunity: The Folly of Exempting Nuclear Weapons from Sequestration
by Kingston Reif While there is widespread agreement that sequestration is not a wise way to manage reductions in military spending, it is the law of the land. Unless Congress changes the legislation, the Pentagon will be forced to find $500 billion in spending reductions over the next decade beyond what is has already planned. […]