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2. The Defense Monitor, Volume XXXVIII - July/August/September 2009
- Publication Date:
- 09-2009
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- The international Global Zero Commission, a group of political and military leaders from the United States, Russia and other key countries, held an intensive two-day meeting in Washington, D.C. on June 28-29, 2009 - where they presented a practical and comprehensive plan calling for the phased and verified elimination of all nuclear weapons over the next 20 years, and briefed senior Obama administration officials on their recommendations in advance of the July 6-8 Moscow Summit.
- Topic:
- Conflict Prevention, Security, Defense Policy, Arms Control and Proliferation, and Counterinsurgency
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, Washington, and Moscow
3. The Defense Monitor, Volume XXXVIII - April/May/June 2009
- Publication Date:
- 06-2009
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- Global Zero was publicly launched at its inaugural conference in Paris on Dec. 9, 2008 - bringing together a truly extraordinary group of more than 100 leaders from around the world toward the goal of a world without nuclear weapons. They discussed the outline for a step-by-step policy plan for the phased elimination of nuclear weapons and the public education and outreach plan for the coming year. The meeting generated widespread enthusiasm, as well as serious and constructive dialogue among participants.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, and Arms Control and Proliferation
4. The Defense Monitor - Volume XXXVIII, No. 1 - January/February 2009
- Publication Date:
- 02-2009
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- For the second year in a row, an unexpected major "national security" crisis threatened to reignite - again - into the latest round of armed conflict since the two countries were created 61 years ago. Headlines throughout most of December speculated about the added damage war would bring to an already financially weakened international system. Then, on Dec. 26, 2008, Israeli warplanes struck the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in what Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak would label an attempt to destroy Hamas once and for all.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, and Arms Control and Proliferation
- Political Geography:
- Israel
5. The Defense Monitor, Volume XXXVII - November/December 2008
- Publication Date:
- 12-2008
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- In their January 2007 Op-Ed , George Shultz, William Perry, Sam Nunn and Henry Kissinger advocated "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons." To imagine a world without nuclear weapons means that the United States and the other nuclear powers can find a way to get rid of them. In other words: "Getting to zero." But, how to reach "zero" is usually where the debate stalemates. With characteristic candor, Shultz himself admits he doesn't know how to get to zero, and doubts if his colleagues do.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, and Arms Control and Proliferation
- Political Geography:
- United States
6. The Defense Monitor, Volume XXXVII, No. 5 - September/October 2008
- Publication Date:
- 10-2008
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- In early 2001, the Pentagon anticipated an approximate budget of $900 billion for the Navy and Marines for the period 2001 to 2009. Not counting $95 billion subsequently received for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Navy/Marine Corps "base" (nonwar) budget was increased by $174 billion to $1.074 trillion. The data used for these calculations are displayed in the table on this page.
- Topic:
- Defense Policy, Arms Control and Proliferation, War, and Maritime Commerce
- Political Geography:
- Afghanistan and Iraq
7. Defense Monitor, Volume XXXVII, No. 3 - May/June 2008
- Publication Date:
- 05-2008
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- On July 1, 2008 when France assumes the European Union (EU) presidency for six months, one of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's top priorities will be the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). According to Le Monde, Sarkozy is planning a "Saint-Malo (B)" – a reference to the Anglo- French declaration signed on Dec. 4, 1998, relaunching movement towards an EU defense capacity, and leading eventually to the birth of ESDP.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, Arms Control and Proliferation, War, and Counterinsurgency
- Political Geography:
- Europe and France
8. Defense Monitor, Vol. XXXVII, No. 2 - March/April 2008
- Publication Date:
- 04-2008
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- The new 2009 defense budget has just been released. The more you look into the numbers, the more things become unclear, very unclear. Most of the numbers that have been released are inaccurate or incomplete, or both. Other numbers will change as the year progresses, but we do not know if they will go up or down.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, Arms Control and Proliferation, Debt, Nuclear Weapons, and Weapons of Mass Destruction
9. Defense Monitor, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1 -January/February 2008
- Publication Date:
- 01-2008
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- Until Dec. 27, the "success" of U.S. President George Bush's defiant rejection of the American public's repudiation of his Iraq and Afghanistan war policies – evidenced by the November 2006 congressional election – looked to be the most significant aspect of major armed conflicts around the world during 2007.
- Topic:
- Conflict Resolution, Security, Defense Policy, and Arms Control and Proliferation
- Political Geography:
- Afghanistan, United States, Iraq, and America
10. Defense Monitor, Who Will Pay for this Puny Defense Budget?
- Author:
- Eric Hagt, Philip E. Coyle, Whitney Parker, Rachel Stohl, Winslow Wheeler, Victoria Samson, and Rhea Myerscough
- Publication Date:
- 03-2007
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- This analysis first appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegramon March 5, 2007.The new 2008 defense budget has been on the street for weeks. A consensus has emerged in Washington about its size. That consensus has little to do with the facts and much to do with political maneuvering, which has been orchestrated with brilliant success by the very same White House that everyone in Washington discounts as washed up.
- Topic:
- Defense Policy and Arms Control and Proliferation
- Political Geography:
- United States, China, and Asia
11. The Defense Monitor, Primed and ready
- Author:
- Philip E. Coyle, Whitney Parker, Bruce Blair, and Brian Ellison
- Publication Date:
- 05-2007
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- American And Russian political rhetoric attaches the highest priority to imposing ironclad control over their nuclear arsenals. The two nations cooperate extensively and devote substantial resources to achieving this aim, but both nations are shooting themselves in the foot by allowing hoary cold War priorities to take precedence. The anachronistic mind-set of the cold Warrior still dominates their nuclear establishments, their agendas, and their relationship in ways that deeply undermine their efforts to contain “loose nukes.” They spend 25 times more money to preserve their c old War nuclear deterrent postures than they spend on shoring up security against theft.
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, Cold War, and Nuclear Weapons
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, America, Europe, and Asia
12. Defense Monitor, Missile Defense: An Expensive Bluff?
- Author:
- Eric Hagt, Philip E. Coyle, Whitney Parker, Rachel Stohl, Winslow Wheeler, and Anthony Zinni
- Publication Date:
- 08-2006
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- North Korea's launch of numerous missiles the first week of July raised serious questions about the capabilities of both the U.S. missile defense system and North Korea's ballistic missile program. CDI Analyst Victoria Samson and Senior Advisor Philip Coyle appeared on numerous radio talk shows and TV news programs nationwide, helping viewers, listeners and readers to understand that the missile defense system being deployed in Alaska and California has no demonstrated capability to defend the United Sates against an enemy attack. Meanwhile the Bush administration is losing precious time. As Coyle points out in the article below, it's time to enter into one-on-one talks with North Korea before Pyongyang improves its short and long range missiles further. The six-party talks are important and necessary, but not sufficient to stop North Korea's missiles. And neither, unfortunately, are U.S. missile defenses.
- Topic:
- Defense Policy, Arms Control and Proliferation, and United Nations
- Political Geography:
- United States, China, Iraq, Middle East, Asia, and North Korea
13. Defense Monitor, Not What We Were Hoping For
- Author:
- Philip E. Coyle, Whitney Parker, Rachel Stohl, Winslow Wheeler, Victoria Samson, and Theresa Hitchens
- Publication Date:
- 11-2006
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- For decades, the U.S. Air Force has promoted the F-22 as its fighter for the 21st century. Advocates tout its technical features: fuel efficient, high speed “super-cruise,” advanced electronics, and reduced profile against enemy sensors, known as “stealth.” While those are popular amenities, the measures that really determine winning or losing in air combat have been overlooked by the Air Force. The F-22 fails to improve America's fighter force and degrades our combat capability.
- Topic:
- Defense Policy, Arms Control and Proliferation, and Nuclear Weapons
- Political Geography:
- United States