Super-worm Stuxnet too sophisticated to have been developed by private citizens.
Is “Cyber Missile” Launched at Iran Israel’s Handiwork?
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War & Peace
Public Mobilization for a Nuclear-Free World
One of the ironies of the current international situation is that, although some government leaders now talk of building a nuclear weapons-free world, there has been limited public mobilization around that goal — at least compared to the action-packed 1980s.
CNN’s Michael Ware Tries to Force Iraq War Down Public’s Throat
A correspondent seeks to make the public see the Iraq War for real from the viewpoint of both Coalition forces and Iraqis.
The Real ‘Merchants of Death’
Accused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is a centerpiece for the book Merchant of Death and the model for the Hollywood movie The Lord of War. He is the archetypal bad guy. Washington apparently traded military hardware to the Thais to get him extradited from a Bangkok jail.
The Petraeus Bait and Switch Maneuver
By openly defying President Obama’s timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan, Gen. Petraeus is cementing his unprecedented power over U.S. war policy.
Does the U.S. Really Want Talks With the Taliban to Succeed?
Why is the U.S. launching an offensive in Kandahar just as the process of bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table is gaining momentum?
War and DIplomacy – Part II: A Way Out of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a crossroads of civilizations and an almost bewilderingly complicated place.
Over the past few centuries, however, it has more often than not been treated as a pawn in the “great game”. The country has also developed a reputation as the “graveyard of empires”, not least because outsiders’ forces have never succeeded in pacifying the place. Internal stability, such as it has ever existed, has been predicated typically upon de-centralized, and frequently shifting political arrangements between a weak centre and roiling periphery.
U.S. Still Top Arms Supplier to South as Record Sale to Saudis Pends
Despite an unusual dip in global weapons sales in 2009, the United States retained its spot as the world’s top arms supplier of developing countries, according to an authoritative new report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
The American Way of War Quiz: This Was The War Month That Was (Believe It or Not)
Yes, it would be funny if it weren’t so grim. After all, when it comes to squandering money and resources in strange and distant places (or even here at home), you can count on the practitioners of American-style war to be wildly over the top.
New START’s Big Winners: U.S. Nuke Complex, Pentagon, and Contractors
It’s not disarmament that the Obama administration seeks, but just the impression that the United States is committed to “global zero.”