Enough surface-to-air missiles have disappeared in Libya to turn all of North Africa into a no-fly zone.
The Price of the Libya Intervention: Surface to Air Missiles for All
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War & Peace
Pakistan’s Little-Known Payback to the U.S. for Drone Attacks on Its Soil
Most Americans aren’t aware that the Pakistani military actually mounts attacks on Afghan soil.
Arab Spring, Israeli Isolation
With the Arab uprisings gradually reconfiguring the regional political landscape, Israel is finding itself increasingly isolated. For at least a decade, Israel has identified Iran as its main strategic nemesis, but the Arab spring has rekindled simmering tensions between Israel on one hand, and Arab states as well as Turkey on the other.
Iran Alleged Assassination Plot: Emboldened by Nuke Program?
Uber think-tanker suggests Iran doesn’t fear American retaliation for its alleged assassination plot because it thinks its nuclear program will deter us.
Is Iran’s Alleged Cash-for-Assassinations Plot Too Implausible to Be True?
Will Operation Red Coalition eclipse or compound problems created by Operations Fast and Furious?
The Real Nuclear Threat From Iran May Not Be Nuclear Weapons
Unsafe construction practices may have been used to build Iran’s first nuclear energy facility, Bushehr.
Ten Years and One Month Later
When I look back on the news cycle over the last two months, I think of 9/11 and floods. On the morning of August 28, I turned on the television and watched as the local newscaster showed the Hudson River lapping against the top of the concrete bulkhead, threatening to rush into the streets of Battery Park in Lower Manhattan. This spot was just a few blocks away from Ground Zero, where, as the scene shifted, we could see the site being prepared for the upcoming memorial event. As the storm waters receded, news outlets fixed their attention on this scene, and we found ourselves awash in a sea of commentary on the anniversary and the impact of 9/11 over the last decade.
Hawks Used Test Ban Treaty as Justification for Expanding Nukes
In the original Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations, the nuclear weapons complex made the case that, absent testing, extravagant virtual testing facilities would be needed to maintain the nuclear weapons arsenal without testing.
Washington’s Field of Screams
In the world of weaponry, they are the sexiest things around. Others countries are desperate to have them. Almost anyone who writes about them becomes a groupie. Reporters exploring their onrushing future swoon at their potentially wondrous techno-talents. They are, of course, the pilotless drones, our grimly named Predators and Reapers.
Americans Too Creeped Out by Nuclear Attack to Prepare for It
Much of the American public is too creeped out by the prospect of a nuclear strike in their communities to be receptive to survival preparedness measures.