by Kingston Reif INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Since withdrawing the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002, the Bush administration has moved to create a missile defense system to defend against long-range ballistic missile threats from rogue states. In 2004, the United States began deploying interceptors in Alaska and California to defend against North […]
Total Iraq and Afghanistan Supplemental War Funding To Date
by Christopher Hellman by Travis Sharp Download PDF fact sheet on Iraq and Afghanistan war costs TOTAL IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SUPPLEMENTAL WAR FUNDING BY U.S. TO DATE (Budget Authority in Billions of Dollars) FY01 & FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 (To Date) Total (To Date) Iraq 0 53.0 75.9 85.5 101.7 […]
Obama vs. McCain: Seven Areas of Agreement, and Six of Disagreement, on Nuclear Weapons
by John Isaacs “We’ll have major progress on nuclear issues no matter who is elected. It debunks the common view that Obama is the most liberal Democratic senator, and it debunks the view that McCain is really the third Bush term.“- John Isaacs, Executive Director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, as quoted […]
Iran Can Be Deterred
by Kingston Reif Published in the Washington Times on July 10, 2008. In “Radar shield quest” (Commentary, Tuesday), A. Wess Mitchell makes three strategic arguments in favor of extending the U.S. missile defense system to a third site in Europe. All of them suffer from numerous flaws. First, the claim that the third site enjoys […]
Time to Name a Coordinator for WMD Proliferation
by Kingston Reif Published on Nukes of Hazard blog on June 26, 2008 On June 22, the Boston Globe reported that the White House has no intention of filling anytime soon the position of U.S. Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. Congress established the position within the Executive Office […]
