By Lt. Gen. Robert Gard and Kingston Reif Published in Defense News on October 20, 2008 Despite the Bush administration’s investment of an estimated $60 billion since 2001, U.S. national missile defense continues to be an unnecessary and counterproductive enterprise. Testing objectives consistently are not met, cost overruns and scheduling delays are rampant, and relations […]
Obama vs. McCain: A Side-By-Side Comparison on Arms Control
BARACK OBAMA JOHN MCCAIN Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) and New Nuclear Weapons “I do not support a premature decision to produce the RRW.” “I would only support the development of any new type of nuclear weapon that is absolutely essential for the viability of our deterrent, that results in making possible further decreases […]
Don’t Be Fooled By Calls for New Nukes
by John Isaacs Operation Teapot nuclear explosion at Nevada Test Site, Apple-2 tower shot (May 5, 1955). Over the past several months, a handful of conservative security analysts have begun to argue for upgrading the current U.S. nuclear arsenal. These arguments typically call for bolstering America’s “nuclear deterrent,” which of course is a euphemism for […]
Goodbye to Defense’s Gilded Age?
by Travis Sharp Published in Foreign Policy in Focus on October 15, 2008 The recently passed financial bailout package has drawn the ire of citizens throughout the United States. Both conservatives and liberals have condemned Congress and the White House for rescuing Wall Street titans, who caused the economic death spiral in the first place, […]
Putting the Financial Rescue Package in Perspective
by Travis Sharp The $700 billion financial bailout package has drawn the ire of citizens throughout the United States. Both conservatives and liberals have voiced concern that the package bails out Wall Street titans, who caused the financial crisis in the first place, by placing an enormous burden on middle- and working-class taxpayers. At a […]
