Shadow Wars
The Bush administration is gone, but covert operations are still going on.
Obama’s First 100 Days: Foreign Policy
He’s better than his predecessor, but whether he’s adding to an already gargantuan Pentagon budget or sending more troops to Afghanistan, Obama has maintained some disturbing continuities with Bush-era policies.
Book Event: Pentagon Reform: If Not Now, When?
Keep Secretary Gates? This Simple Test Should Decide
The idea of letting the current Defense Secretary keep his job is a hotly debated topic these days. Here’s an easy way to decide.
Asia’s Hidden Arms Race
Six countries talk peace while preparing for war.
Bush Budget Adds to Military, Cuts Prevention
Voters—Republicans and Democrats alike—are telling pollsters they want, not a modest course correction, not a turned page, but a whole new book.
Klaatu Barada Nikto
World leaders no longer have to wait for aliens to show up with apocalyptic threats and mysterious weapons. We are perfectly capable of destroying the planet ourselves without outside help.
Who Owns the World?
The United States acts as if it owns the world.
Poor, Deluded Europeans
Wouldn’t it be nice if the U.S. government took a cue from the Europeans or even from our own history to come up with a more visionary stimulus package?
Defense Dollars
It’s time for the United States to stop running a post-Cold War empire.
Unbalanced Security: The Divide between State and Defense
The Iraq War has exposed the deep imbalance between the State and Defense Departments.
Budgeting for Empire: Ambitions Outweigh Strategy
American defense plans fail to engage with the reality of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
No Thanks
Vol. 2, No. 13
Executive Excess 2006
Defense and oil executives cash in on conflict.
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.