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SOME TIME BEFORE THE November election, President George W. Bush will appear in Alaska or California for the grand opening of his very own version of missile defense--a descendant of [...]

NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES will play a key role in determining the outcome of the 2004 presidential election. In the wake of 9/11 and heightened concern about threats at home and [...]

AFTER MONTHS OF HESITATION, in July the Democrats finally went on the offensive against President George W. Bush's use of intelligence to lead the United States into war against Iraq. [...]

THE WEEK BEFORE THE MEMORIal Day recess, Congress declared a firm 'maybe,' by voting to allow only research in response to Bush administration proposals to build a new generation of [...]

ON MARCH 17, PRESIDENT George W. Bush announced to the nation that the United States was going to war against Iraq. The next day's headline should have read 'Congress Declares [...]

ON MAY 24, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. Bush signed a spanking new arms control agreement in Russia. The treaty, which he claimed would 'liquidate the legacy of the Cold War,' mandates [...]

WITH CONTROL OF BOTH THE SENate and House up for grabs in the mid-term elections, the two parties will spend the next year maneuvering to gain political advantage. Traditionally, American [...]

THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have changed everything. Thousands of families have been devastated. The nation as a whole has been drastically [...]

The so-called budget walls erected during the Bush administration, which have prevented funds being moved between military and social programs, are set to expire next year. Liberals had hoped their [...]

Shortly before he left office in January 1993, President George Bush signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, which his administration--and the Reagan administration before it--had negotiated. Nearly four years later, the [...]

The struggle will be fierce. Three congressional factions are zealously clinging to their positions and are disinclined to compromise. The conflict will rage for months, both between the Senate and [...]

Reflects on the issues in launching a national missile defense system in the United States (US). Information on the failure of a missile defense test; Factors that could affect the decision of US President Bill Clinton to launch a national missile defense system; Predictions on the decision of Clinton on the issue.

Morton Halperin's nomination to be assistant secretary of defense for democracy and peacekeeping came under heavy hire last year. On October 29, Bob Smith, a Republican senator from New Hampshire, [...]

Since the end of the Cold War, the United Nations has taken on an increasingly activist role--U.N. forces have been transformed from passive peacekeeping monitors to aggressive peace enforcers actively [...]

At the start of summer, it was difficult to judge the Clinton administration's national security policy. The administration's main focus - and that of the Congress - had been on [...]

In late May--only weeks after Congress had rejected the president's economic stimulus package because it would add to the federal deficit--the House of Representatives generously tossed an extra $1.2 billion […]

Defense Secretary Les Aspin is the most engaging of people. Voluble, frank, and witty, he is not like many pompous politicians who speak as if every word were of the […]

Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, labored for more than half a year on a plan to save money by reducing duplication in the armed services. But [...]

George Bush left office on January 20 with his head held high. He did not brood for long over his devastating defeat on November 3. He refused to be immobilized [...]

The presidential campaign left a few land mines in the path of the 1993 national security agencia. Although some events have set the stage for progress next year, - a […]

For years the Senate has resisted ending nuclear testing in the Nevada desert. Its obstinacy is not surprising--the Senate has rarely voted to reduce the military budget or to cut [...]

The article discusses the formulation of the U.S. department of defense budget of 1981-82. U.S. President, Ronald Reagan, presented a military budget of $1.6 trillion for six years for B-1 bombers programs, expansion of ballistic missile defense program, purchasing of aircraft, and increased M-1 tank production. The U.S. Senate asked the U.S. administration to make a new plan for silo adjustments for it's cruise missiles. Senators, John Towers and Joseph Addabbo, harshly criticized President Reagan's military programs but the U.S. Congress passed the budget with a few minor changes. The author suggests that the Senate has taken a wait and watch approach for the B-1 and ballistic missiles programs.

The article presents information related to the Fiscal Year 1981 budget of the U.S. Department of Defense. The 1981 budget has shown a tremendous increase from 1980 and indications are that the total figures will go up further during congressional debate. The crises in Iran and Afghanistan and election year politics are key factors which fuel the upward rise. There are many controversial programs and serious policy and budgetary questions within the $158.7 billion in new Total Obligational Authority requested for the Pentagon.

AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY, THE Bush administration's plans for missile defense appeared on fast-forward; by the end of the month, fast-track deployment was less certain. On May 1, in [...]

IN ITS FIRST MONTHS IN OFFICE, THE NEW BUSH ADMINISTRATION has begun providing clues about its national security policies. While only hints, they portend decisions that won't be formally adopted [...]

AS GEORGE W. BUSH TOOK OFFICE on January 20, a fearsome foursome took charge of the top national security positions in the new administration. Their names were Cheney, Powell, Rice, […]

SO, YOU SURVIVED THE BATTLE OF FLORIDA AND NOW IT'S TIME to make good on your promise to strengthen national defense. But you also have to pay for all the […]

WHO WILL THE NEXT PRESIDENT BE? With election day only a few days away, no one can say with absolute certainty who will win. But what is certain is that [...]

LATE IN THE EVENING OF JULY 7, BALLISTIC MISSILE Defense Organization officials gathered around a screen to watch a highly publicized intercept test of the Clinton administration's new national missile [...]

Both the Republicans and Russia's hard-line Communists are nostalgic for those good old Cold War days. TWO POLITICAL GROUPS--THE RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS and the U.S. Republican Party--are separated by thousands of [...]

THE SENATE'S DEFEAT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE Test Ban Treaty was an unmitigated disaster. Treaty proponents miscalculated the administration's ratification campaign came too late, and both were brushed aside by Republican [...]