JFK, Reagan leadership helped bring down Berlin Wall
by Rick Hampson • USAToday “Ich bin ein Berliner,” John F. Kennedy proclaimed in 1963. Of communism’s defenders, he roared, “Let them come to Berlin!” Standing at the…
Protect our Patriots
Not too many years ago, many optimistically argued that the world was becoming, or would shortly become, a safer place. They said the United States had “reset” its relationship with…
NYT: The Arms Control Community is Upset
by Peter Huessy The arms control community is upset says William Broad of the New York Times. The administration in whom they had trusted to begin the process of eliminating…
A Patriot That Packs a Punch
Congressional approval of a plan to modernize the missile system is critical to U.S. defense. by Peter Roff • US News & World Report Though lulled into a…
A Feeble Stance on Russian Aggression
by Laurie Ann Mylroie, Ph.D. Despite Ukraine’s September 5 cease-fire, a “protracted conflict” continues in the East, the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Human Rights warned Wednesday. Over 3,600 people have…
Passing the Buck on ISIS Failures Fits a Clear and Unmistakable Pattern
by Orange County Register What’s the saddest statistic of the political season? Here’s one contender: a Google search for the phrase “Obama ISIS buck pass” yields about 478,000 results. That’s…
Iran’s Islamic Regime Stymied by Iranian-American Patriot
by Dr. Lawrence A. Franklin The Islamic Republic of Iran is exploiting the thaw in relations to penetrate Iranian-American neighborhoods in the United States. The regime has already established a beachhead…
No Matter the Arms Control Lipstick, It’s Still a Pig
by Peter Huessy • Family Security Matters It has become a common assertion that future planned strategic modernization of the United States is unaffordable. The latest…
Are We Willing to Defend Ourselves?
by Peter Huessy • Gatestone Institute The U.S. Air Force has just completed a review of the ballistic missile threats to the U.S.: China is building…
Nuclear Deterrence is Job #1
By Peter R. Huessy On September 18th, a senior group of professional nuclear deterrent experts gathered in Washington, D.C. to hear the top nuclear deterrent and policy leaders in the…
Some First Principles of American Military Strategy
by Aaron Bazin and Dan Sukman • Medium.com If the ability communicate complex ideas in an easily understood way is a valuable skill to the strategic…
Remembering 9/11/2001
Lessons Learned? Or Repeating the Same Mistakes? by George Landrith • Frontiers of Freedom When Ronald Reagan was asked what his plan was for dealing with the…
The Koran’s Chapter 9, Part 11 and the 9/11 Hijacke
by Dr. Lawrence Franklin There are 114 chapters (suras) in the Koran. There are 30 parts as the early Muslims wanted the recitation of the entire Koran to be framed…
President Obama should read Reagan’s diaries
by Brent Budowsky • The Hill When President Obama and European leaders meet at the NATO summit meeting in Wales on Thursday, they will have one last chance…
A World of Trouble for Obama
Public support for the president’s foreign policy is waning—and he’s losing Democratic lawmakers by William A. Galston • Wall Street Journal In March my Brookings colleague…