Star Wars Revisited
October 6, 2005 | On May 1, 2001, President Bush reiterated his campaign pledge to deploy a multitiered ballistic missile defense system as soon as possible.
Articles by William D. Hartung
“Pentagon Priorities Put Troops, Security At Risk”
February 7, 2005 | Continuing to fund these big-ticket systems is one reason the Army is still scrambling to provide adequate body armor and well-protected Humvees to our troops in Iraq.
Capturing Saddam Hussein: Will It Mean a New Day for Iraq?
December 18, 2003 | The capture of Saddam Hussein is an historic event by any standard. But aside from providing some dramatic footage for global TV audiences, what has really changed, for the people of Iraq, the Middle East, the United States, or the world?
Bombings Bring U.S. ‘Executive Mercenaries’ Into the Light
May 16, 2003 | You had probably never heard of the Vinnell Corp. before the brutal bombing that killed at least nine of its employees in Saudi Arabia this week, but you should have.
The Empty Promise of Global Missile Defense
July 29, 2002 | The Bush administration has been widely criticized worldwide for its go-it-alone foreign policy. But in one area the administration is enthusiastically embracing multilateralism, along with the Pentagon and U.S. defense corporations is missile defense..
Farewell Crusader? Insiders Will Cash In Regardless
May 1, 2002 | A year and one-half into his tenure and on the brink of pushing the military budget over $400 billion per year, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has finally decided to cancel a major weapons program in the name of military "transformation."
U.S. Arms Transfers and Security Assistance to Israel
May 1, 2002 | U.S. press coverage of Israeli attacks on the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian towns on the West Bank often treat the U.S. government as either an innocent bystander or an honest broker in the current conflict, often without giving a full sense of th
Rumsfeld Reconsidered: An Ideologue in Moderate’s Clothing
January 1, 2001 | The Rumsfeld Commission report is, at its core, a landmark in political spin control, not a landmark in objective analysis of the threats facing our nation.
Winning One for the Gipper: Donald Rumsfeld and the Return of the Star Wars Lobby
January 1, 2001 | Deja Vu All Over Again: Worshiping the Wrong Ronald Reagan
Bush’s Nuclear Doctrine: From MAD to NUTS?
December 1, 2000 | Foreign policy issues were mostly an afterthought during the 2000 presidential campaign, and they continue to take a back seat in President-elect George W. Bushs discussions of the priorities of his incoming administration.