How a Mitt-Style Increase in Military Spending Might Cost You Your Job By Lynn Stuart Parramore AlterNet As predicted, one of the big clashes in the final presidential debate on Monday night concerned military spending. The dustup not only revealed a key difference between the candidates, it gave us the best line of the […]
Debate Prep: What To Read Before Tuning In
The final presidential debate, which will cover foreign policy, is tonight at 9 pm EST. That leaves plenty of time to read up on the candidates’ records as well as the broader state of affairs in national security today. Courtesy of the Center for Arms…
Fact Sheet: Fifteen Foreign-Policy Challenges For the Next President
By Usha Sahay, Rachel Murawski, and Eve Hunter The October 22 presidential debate on national security will cover Afghanistan and Pakistan, Israel and Iran, China, the Middle East, as well as the general issue of “America’s role in the world.” These issues have made headlines in 2012, and been prominent on the campaign trail. But, […]
Romney strikes out on nukes
by Kingston Reif Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online on October 22, 2012. Article summary below; read the full text here. Where does the Republican nominee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, stand on the issues of nuclear threat reduction, including arms control treaties, non-proliferation, and missile defense? Apart from a major speech at […]
In Truman’s Iran War Simulation, You’re The President
Our friends at the Truman National Security Project just released an online Iran war simulation that puts you in the Oval Office and guides you step-by-step through the process of launching military strikes against Iran. As “President,” you receive bri…
