UN Inspectors Seek to Investigate Alleged Syria Atrocity By Donna Abu-Nasr & Terry Atlas August 22, 2013 Syrian troops renewed their artillery assault on a Damascus suburb where the opposition says hundreds were killed by toxic gases, as France urged the world to respond “with force” to any use of chemical weapons. A team of […]

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 […]

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 […]

TTop Israeli Official Dismisses Concerns About Iranian Response To Military Attack August 8, 2013 By Ben Armbruster A senior Israeli security official this week dismissed concerns about an Iranian military response to a potential Israeli military strike on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities, claiming that Israel would be able to withstand any counterattack. Experts and […]

Unresolved Issues Hang Over U.S. Missile Shield By Sandra Erwin August 6, 2013 For the second year in a row, lawmakers will be squabbling this fall over if and when the United States should shore up its defenses against North Korean and Iranian ballistic missiles. The lightning rod in this debate is a Republican-led proposal […]