Missile Defense Priorities for 2015
by Travis Korson, Senior Fellow Introduction As Congress debates the 2015 Defense Appropriations bill, it is important that members fully fund key components of a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System…
The Gathering Storm in Iran
by Peter Huessy The United States and its allies will soon hear whether –once again—Iran will end its nuclear weapons search, masquerading now as a nuclear energy program. What…
Terrorism Risk Insurance Makes Sense
by Peter Roff In just a few short weeks control of the United States Senate floor will pass from the Democrats to the Republicans. This single fact means the political…
What? Me Worry?
Why nuclear deterrent modernization is critical to our longterm security. by Peter Huessy The newest from the Washington Post’s Walter Pincus (“Old Nukes and Old Thinking”, The Washington Post, November…
Terrorism insurance protects American prosperity into the future
by Peter Roff • The Hill In just a few weeks control of the United States Senate floor passes from the Democrats to the Republicans. Because…
Late to the Challenge: Diminishing American Leadership in the Age of Terror
by Peter Huessy (An address to the Precision Strike Association and the National Defense Industrial Association, at the Johns Hopkins University, October 21, 2014) INTRODUCTION: A year ago, in trying…
Encircling Baghdad: The Country that Became a City-State
by Dr. Larry Franklin ISIS-led anti-government Sunni Islam coalition troops have virtually surrounded Baghdad. Iraq’s largest province, al-Anbar, is almost totally occupied by anti-regime forces. Only a portion of Fallujah…
Hiding Unilateral Disarmament Objectives
by Peter Huessy • Gatestone What the Ploughshares Fund is actually doing with its proposed budget cuts, it appears, is trying to camouflage the objectives of…
JFK, Reagan leadership helped bring down Berlin Wall
by Rick Hampson • USAToday “Ich bin ein Berliner,” John F. Kennedy proclaimed in 1963. Of communism’s defenders, he roared, “Let them come to Berlin!” Standing at the…
Protect our Patriots
Not too many years ago, many optimistically argued that the world was becoming, or would shortly become, a safer place. They said the United States had “reset” its relationship with…
NYT: The Arms Control Community is Upset
by Peter Huessy The arms control community is upset says William Broad of the New York Times. The administration in whom they had trusted to begin the process of eliminating…
A Patriot That Packs a Punch
Congressional approval of a plan to modernize the missile system is critical to U.S. defense. by Peter Roff • US News & World Report Though lulled into a…
A Feeble Stance on Russian Aggression
by Laurie Ann Mylroie, Ph.D. Despite Ukraine’s September 5 cease-fire, a “protracted conflict” continues in the East, the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Human Rights warned Wednesday. Over 3,600 people have…
Passing the Buck on ISIS Failures Fits a Clear and Unmistakable Pattern
by Orange County Register What’s the saddest statistic of the political season? Here’s one contender: a Google search for the phrase “Obama ISIS buck pass” yields about 478,000 results. That’s…
Iran’s Islamic Regime Stymied by Iranian-American Patriot
by Dr. Lawrence A. Franklin The Islamic Republic of Iran is exploiting the thaw in relations to penetrate Iranian-American neighborhoods in the United States. The regime has already established a beachhead…