The End of Supreme Command
The Bush administration has discredited civilian control of the military. The consequences are potentially disastrous.
The Plane That Won’t Die…Or Fly
Fixing a broken budget to repair a broken foreign policy.
Militarism and U.S. Trade Policy
In recent decades, U.S. global economic policies have increasingly driven U.S. military policy.
Political Football
The clock is ticking. The current strategy doesn’t seem to be working, but Coach Bush is reluctant to try something new.
3D Security
Foreign aid, civil military integration, military, AID, diplomacy, development, Defense Department, State Department, security
Leveraging "3D" Security: From Rhetoric to Reality
Knitting defense, development, and diplomacy together–the ups and the downsides of a real work in progress.
If It Looks Like a Landmine, Smells Like a Landmine…
The Pentagon claims to have built a better landmine that targets soldiers and spares civilians. These two leaders of the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines say: Back to the drawing board.
A Unified Security Budget for the United States, 2007
A Unified Security Budget for the United States asks many of the questions about the security budget that members of Congress and the administration are unwilling to address while making bold recommendations for reform.
Iran: The Day After
If the U.S. attacks Iran – with nuclear or “conventional” bombs – it is virtually certain that Iranian retaliation will be swift and lethal.
Permanent US Bases in Iraq are Immoral
The American people should question both the morality and the policy implications of what a permanent U.S. military presence brings to Iraq.
Not terrorism–China drives up U.S. military spending
It’s essential that lawmakers and members of the public question the Pentagon’s justifications — and reject proposals that would have the effect of triggering a new Cold War, one with the People’s Republic of China.
Administration Still Doesnt Recognize the Main Factor in the War
Vowing to “Stay the Course” the President made clear that the administration still doesn’t recognize that the U.S. occupation is driving the resistance.
Libby Indictment May Open Door to Broader Iraq War Deceptions
Some mainstream pundits and Democratic Party lawmakers are finally raising the possibility that the Bush administration was determined to go to war regardless of any strategic or legal justification.
U.S. Leads the World in Sale of Military Goods
As insecurity mounts from Najaf to New Orleans, more weapons and high-tech military equipment are flowing into some of the globe’s most vulnerable and war-torn regions.
The War In Iraq Is Not Over and Neither Are The Lies To Justify It
President George W. Bush’s nationally broadcast speech Sunday evening once again was designed to mislead Congress and the American public into supporting his administration’s policies in Iraq.