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Wed. June 18, 2025

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Covering up the coverup

Alan Dershowitz writes that the roots of the Abu Ghraib issue lies in the White House. (Boston Globe, 5/15/2004) Read More...

Like the Wehrmacht, we've descended into barbarity

Argues that the treatment of Iraqi prisoners is a consequence of coalition policy. By Richard Overy. (Guardian, 5/10/2004. Read More...

Partnership, Under Construction

In the first public criticism by the Bush administration of Russia, Secretary of State Powell diplomatically criticizes a resurgence of authoritarianism under Putin, including the weakening of the leg... Read More...

Renewing the Atlantic Partnership

Authors argues that in order to revitalize the Atlantic alliance, Europe and America must forge new "rules of the road" governing the use of force, adapt NATO to meet today's threats coming from outsi... Read More...

Torture At Abu Ghraib

American soldiers brutalized Iraqis. How far up does the responsibility go? By Seymour M. Hersh. (New Yorker, 4/30/2004) Read More...

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Fixing the Mix: How to Update the Army's Reserves

The battlefield victory in Iraq obscured what the occupation has since made clear: the U.S. military's personnel system--especially the size of its active-duty Army and the number of crucial units kep... Read More...

The True Worth of Air Power

New weaponry makes it easier to hammer the enemy's forces from the air--but only when they are kept in place by ground forces. By Robert A. Pape. (Foreign Affairs, 3/1/2004, $) Read More...

That Was Then: Allen W. Dulles on the Occupation of Germany

U.S. troops on conquered territory, infrastructure in ruins, international squabbling over reconstruction: a window onto occupied Germany seven months after V-E Day, when progress was still unsteady a... Read More...

Clinton's Strong Defense Legacy

Conventional wisdom holds that Bill Clinton presided over a disastrous downsizing of the U.S. military. But this claim is wrong. By Michael O'Hanlon. (Foreign Affairs, 11/1/2003, $ Read More...

Center for Security Studies

Swiss international security issues site. Read More...

Combined Arms Research Library

Over 1200 links on Internet Gateway WebPages related to defense. Read More...

Colombia Targeting Rebel Strongholds

Colombian army carries through a more aggressive combat to defeat FARC guerrillas, reports Scott Wilson (The Washington Post, 01/25/2004) Read More...

Their Own Army?

Europe is about to create a unified military force. Done wrong, it could strain transatlantic relations and weaken European defense. By Philip H. Gordon. (Foreign Affairs, 7/1/2000, $) Read More...

Toward Universal Empire: The Dangerous Quest for Absolute Security

Reflects on the direction of U.S. preemptive security policy in the post 9/11 world. (World Policy Journal, 9/1/2002) Read More...

Transforming the Military

Claims that defense doesn't need more money; it needs to reallocate resources. As it stands, the United States is paying more for a military that can do less. By William E. Odom. (Foreign Affairs, 7/1... Read More...

Virtual Defense

The United States may be an uncontested military superpower, but it remains defenseless against a new mode of attack: information warfare. By James Adams. (Foreign Affairs, 5/1/2001, $) Read More...

War Logs On: Girding America for Computer Combat

In Kosovo, America stumbled into the age of computer warfare. Now Washington must think hard about how to attack its foes' electronic networks and defend its own. By Bruce D. Berkowitz. (Foreign Affa... Read More...

When Soldiers Become Cops

Rather than avoid peacekeeping entirely, the U.S. government ends up sending in elite military units that get bogged down for years. Developing a constabulary force would be a better answer. By Rachel... Read More...

Military Educational Research Library Network

MERLN is a combined catalog for 14 U.S. military libraries in the U.S. & Europe. Read More...

U.S.-Malaysia Defense Cooperation: A Solid Success Story

For many years U.S. and Malaysian forces have cooperated on a wide range of missions with virtually no fanfare or public acknowledgement. And in spite of its success, this bilateral defense relationsh... Read More...

Japan's Emergency Legislation and the War on Terrorism

The two issues that form the pillar of importance in national security, countermeasures against terrorism and emergency legislation, have been hot topics not only in the Japanese Diet session but also... Read More...

Military Engagement with Indonesia in the War on Terrorism

The Bush Administration's proposal to provide $8 million to train a "counterterrorism unit" in Indonesia is appropriately modest and contains sufficient safeguards to protect the integrity of the cong... Read More...

Overcoming the Stalemate on the Korean Peninsula

The Bush Adminstration policy seeks to create fundamental change in the way the North Koreans interact with the world. President Bush's message: they must learn to play by the rules of the internatio... Read More...

Promoting a Collective Response to Terrorism in Southeast Asia

While some countries in Southeast Asia have made considerable progress combating terrorism, the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia's premier multilateral organization,... Read More...

Homeland Defense: Issues and Challenges

Notes from a Nixon Center event with Warren B. Rudman (Nixon Center, 6/19/2002) Read More...

European Security in the 21st Century

With the end of the Cold War, we are entering a new era in European security. A European defense force should be encouraged, but not at the expense of a healthy, expanded NATO. By W. Bruce Weinrod (... Read More...

China and Missile Defense

NMD or TMD could provoke a destabilizing arms race in East Asia. A panel discussion with Dr. Ronald Montaperto and Dr. Michael O'Hanlon. (Nixon Center, 10/19/2000) Read More...

China: The Forgotten Nuclear Power

Washington is leaving a crucial piece out of the nuclear puzzle. It will be China, not Russia or any rogue, whose nuclear policy will concern America most in the years ahead. Before rushing to deploy ... Read More...

Defending America: A Plan for a Limited National Missile Defense

President Bush should seek to defend America against long-range ballistic missile attack. But defending Americans against attack does not require a large and expensive system, or immediate treaty-bus... Read More...

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