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Isolating America -- Feb. 27, 2000
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| Against the tide of golobalization, America is becoming increasingly
isolationist. Congress's rejection of the Nuclear Weapons Test Ban... |
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Lessons of Kosovo: The Limits of Air Power
-- Aug. 8, 1999
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| Did NATO's bombs and missiles stop ethinc cleansing in Kosovo? How effective
were they in attacking Serb forces? |
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The Thinning Threat -- June 13, 1999
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| Over the past ten years, America's potential enemies have grown poorer,
weaker, and more isolated. With America's growing military advantage, and its eagerness to
demonstrate its desctructive power anywhere and at any time, today it is our potential
enemies who feel threatened. |
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War for Oil in the Former Soviet Union?
-- January 17, 1999
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Control of vast oil and gas resources in the Caspian Sea region pits former republics of the Soviet Union
against their Russian neighbor... |
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Alternatives to Military Power in Foreign Policy
-- Oct. 4, 1998
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| The 21st century will be one of global cooperation in the areas of commerce,
the environment, and communications... |
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Are We Prepared for Chemical/Biological Attacks?
-- June 7, 1998
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| Ever since the poison gas attack on the Tokyo subway, Americans have asked
"Can it happen here?" Everyone -- the public, Washington... |
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Anti-Personnel Landmines: A Double-Edged Sword
-- May 24, 1998 |
| The U.S. military insists that it needs landmines to protect tanks
and "channelize" potential enemies. But many think there are... |
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$65 Billion Under the Sea -- Oct. 19, 1997
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| The Pentagon plans to spend $67 Billion dollars to buy 30 new attack
submarines to replace its current Los Angeles class attack... |
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Military Leaders for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
-- Aug. 17, 1997 |
| Despite the end of the Cold War, over 30,000 nuclear weapons still exist.
Retired generals and admirals who once commanded huge... |
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The $265 Billion Question -- July 17, 1997
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The Pentagon, Congress and the President hail the Quadrennial Defense Review as a blueprint for future
military forces and spending levels... |
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U.S. Strategy in Asia -- June 8, 1997
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Asia will soon be a right of enormous economic and military power. Is our national security strategy for the
region evolving to... |
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Combatting Terrorism -- May 25, 1997
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The Pentagon has identified terrorism as a major threat to the United States. With Billions of dollars of public
resources at... |
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Approaching the Digital Battlefield --
Dec. 15, 1996
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| The silicon microchip has vastly changed the way we live, now it promises to change the way
we do battle... |
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The Pentagon's Plans for Proliferation --
Sept. 8, 1996
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| Countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction -- nuclear, chemical, and biological --
has become a new priority for... |
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Stopping Wars Before it Starts --
Aug. 18, 1996
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| By responding to the early warning signs of conflict, policy makers can take steps to avoid war.
Known as "preventive diplomacy," this... |
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The Emperor's Newest Clothes: Ballistic Missile Defense --
June 9, 1996
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| A debate rages just beyond public scrutiny over the last reincarnation of "Star Wars." Staggering
sums of money and far-reaching... |
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Fighting for Oil --
Jan. 28, 1996
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The military spends billions to defend our access to Middle East oil. The same money invested in alternative
energy research... |
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A U.S. Military Force for the Real World --
Nov. 19, 1995
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The military spends billions to defend our access to Middle East oil. The same money invested in alternative
energy research... |
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The UN at 50: A Force for the Future? --
Oct. 22, 1995
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With the end of the Cold War, the UN is faced with new challenges. This timely episode looks at the vision of
the original UN Charter... |
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UN Peacekeeping: America's Role --
June 18, 1995
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United Nations Peacekeepers are being asked to do more with less resources. Should the United States pick
up the slack? At issue is... |
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Eliminating Nuclear Weapons --
June 11, 1995
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This very important program examines the feasibility of denuclearizing the militaries of the world and explores
steps that the United... |
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Managing America's Nuclear Complex --
March 12, 1995
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What does the future hold for America's nuclear weapons complex? What will become of the nation's nuclear
weapons laboratories... |
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Clinton, Congress, and Conversion --
March 5, 1995
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Clinton came to Washington with a plan to help ease the transition from defense to commercial activity. Are
existing conversion... |
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A Code of Conduct for Weapons Sales --
May 22 1995
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There is growing concern about the increase in U.S. arms sales to countries that violate human rights. A
wide effort is underway to... |
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Myths vs. Reality After the Cold War --
April 24, 1994
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"Top Cop" status carries a huge price tag that alone demands we separate the myths of the post cold-war
era from the reality... |
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Lifting the Veil of Military Secrecy --
Feb. 20, 1994
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There are still cases of weapons procurement, military operations, and government funding undertaken at
levels of secrecy established... |
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Why We Fight --
Dec. 19, 1993
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The United States has used armed force abroad over 50 times since World War II. This unusual investigation
looks for answers to... |
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The UN: PEacekeeping or Warmaking? --
Nov. 14, 1993
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How can the UN become more effective and efficient? What is the US role in helping the UN accomplish it's
tasks? |
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President Clinton's Military Establishment --
Nov. 7, 1993
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Bill Clinton ran on the platform of change. How much change has he brought to the Pentagon? Is the
Pentagon restructuring... |
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Nuclear Bombs in Our Future --
Aug. 8, 1993
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The nuclear club is increasing. Someday it may include terrorists as well as nations... |
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New Civilian Tasks for the Military --
April 11 1993
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The powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee has proposed new civilian tasks for the
military... |
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War in the Middle East: Desert Storm II? --
March 7,1993
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Despite the lack of a real enemy, the Pentagon is increasing its preparation to fight another war in the
Persian Gulf... |
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Cutting the Military Price Tag --
Feb. 7,1993
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One million active-duty troops and a million more in the reserves could take care of U. S. military needs -- at
one-third off the price... |
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Do We Need Military Forces? --
Jan. 10,1993
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Redundant elements of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines--planes, weapons developers, chaplains -- are
potential savings... |
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The UN's Military Missions --
Dec. 20, 1992
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Conflicts in Cambodia and Yugoslavia will challenge the UN peacekeeping forces, which include American
soldiers... |
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The National Security Council --
Oct. 11, 1992
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Operating in complete secrecy, the NSC wields enormous powers affecting all Americans... |
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Scrapping Nuclear Weapons --
June 7, 1992
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The possible dismantling of thousands of nuclear warheads creates a new problem: how to dispose of their
radioactive contents... |
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Who Should We Defend? --
March 15, 1992
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Examines what the U.S., a country with no enemies, needs military forces for now that the Cold War is
over... |
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Can America Be Defended? --
March 1, 1992
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Debates the reasons for and against the construciton of a new anti-missile system... |
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War and the New World Order --
Dec. 1, 1991
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18 destructive and bloody wars are still being fought. What is the U.S. role in these conflicts? |
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Uncle Sam's Foreign Military Bases: Should They Go? --
Oct. 20, 1991
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"We won't be be back 'till it's over, over there," went the song... is it over? |
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America: Policman for the Third World --
June 2, 1991
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Does President Bush's New World Order call for America to be the top cop on the beat? |
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The Great Arms Debate --
April 29, 1990
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Experts debate future spending, size and role of the military in a changing world. |
For more information on military policy and strategy issues, please e-mail CDI's Adm. Eugene Carroll (USN) Ret. at ecarroll@cdi.org.
