Dec. 19, 2002 Deploying a missile defense by 2004: A Sham Defense to Meet an Artificial Deadline CDI Fact Sheet: International Security Assistance Force (December 2002) In the Spotlight: The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: US vs. UN   Dec. 12, 2002 Preparations for a Conflict with Iraq: Critical Military Assets "Low-Density/ High-Demand" CDI's Inspections Update Mr. Smith is Dead: No One Stands in the Way as Congress Laces Post-Sept. 11 Defense Bills with Pork Less Talk, More Walk: Strengthening Homeland Security Now CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "The Year Ahead"   Dec. 6, 2002 CDI Terrorism Report: Al Qaeda Attempts to Widen War Iraqi Scuds: A Threat We Have to Respect In the Spotlight: Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "AIDS Epidemic"   Nov. 21, 2002 Lessons Learned: Using Landmines in a War with Iraq Congress Concludes Work on Defense Authorizations Act CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Weapons Inspectors in Iraq"   Nov. 14, 2002 Landmines and UXO Endanger Iraqi Population Agreement Reached on Creation of Homeland Security Department Déjà Vu? A Sino-American Rapprochement via High-level Military Contacts In the Spotlight: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "The Bush Roadmap to Mid-East Peace"   Nov. 7, 2002 Children Used as Soldiers in Iraq Democracy in Iraq? In the Spotlight: Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Russia's War on Chechnya"   Oct. 31, 2002 New Report Reveals Repercussions of Resource Exploitation General Zinni on War with Iraq Missile Defense Testing Charts CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "North Korea's Nuclear Weapons"   Oct. 24, 2002 President Signs Annual Military Spending Package Landmines Remain a Threat IFT-9: A Questionable Success For Missile Defense U.S. Forces in the Middle East In the Spotlight: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) CDI "Briefing Room" SUPERPOWER TV: "Southeast Asia and the War on Terror"   Oct. 17, 2002 Thirteen Days in October -- Plus Forty: A Personal View Okinawa: Increasing Strategic Flexibility for Korea, Iraq, and the War on Terror In the Spotlight: Jemaah Islamiah CDI's "Briefing Room" SUPERPOWER TV: "EU Expansion"   Oct. 15, 2002 The U.S. Military Campaign in Afghanistan: The Year in Review The Future of U.S. Military Operations in Afghanistan Afghanistan: Fulfilling the Promise of Enduring Freedom Anticipating Challenges, Seizing Opportunities, and Building Capabilities at the 2001 Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Conference In the Spotlight: Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) CDI’s "Briefing Room" SUPERPOWER TV: "Iraq and the U.N. Security Council"   Oct. 3, 2002 Northern Command Formally Established in Colorado More U.S. Military Aid Released to Colombia In the Spotlight: Kach and Kahane Chai CDI’s "Briefing Room" Azimuth Media presents "Missile Wars" SUPERPOWER TV: "North Korea - Teetering on the Axis of Evil?"   Sept. 26, 2002 The Bush National Security Strategy: A First Step The U.S. National Security Strategy: A Russian Perception The New U.S. National Security Strategy: Positives and Negatives for China Gore Sparks a New Debate? A Small Step in the Right Direction In the Spotlight: United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "The World Bank and World Poverty   Sept. 19, 2002 Forced Regime Change: A Lesson from Lebanon Japan Meets North Korea, Revealing More Questions than Answers In the Spotlight: Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad) CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Iraq and Beyond"   Sept. 12, 2002 An Afghan Blitzkrieg? Turkey Seeks Attack Helicopters — As Soon As Possible "Are We Ready?" Q&A With Rear Adm. Stephen H. Baker, CDI Senior Fellow Bush To the United Nations: Failure to Take On Saddam Means Failure As An Organization In the Spotlight: Mujaheddin-e Khalq (MEK) CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "9/11 and Anti-Americanism"   Sept. 5, 2002 CBO: Government has Spent $37 Billion in War on Terrorism Military Action in Iraq: 1990-2002 Fact Sheet: Iraqi Armed Forces In the Spotlight: The Revolutionary Nuclei (RN) CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "The Absent Coalition on Iraq"   Aug. 28, 2002 Global Arms Sales Fall, But U.S. has Most Exports Missile Defense Flight Test Delayed In the Spotlight: The Palestine Liberation Front CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: Earth Summit   Aug. 22, 2002 Declare Victory in Afghanistan -- and Stay Engaged Deterring Saddam Official Confirmation of Long Afghan Stay Has Consequences for Iraq and Wider U.S. Defense Policy Southwest Asia: Forces in the Area In the Spotlight: the Real IRA CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Latin American Economies: Going South?"   Aug. 15, 2002 Continued Occupation Has Impact on Israeli Society A Primer on Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism In the Spotlight: Lashkar-i-Taiba ("Army of the Pure") CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "The Global Women's Treaty"   Aug. 8, 2002 Israel seeks to sell Arrow missile defense system to India America and Indonesia: Good Friends or Bad Company? In the Spotlight: Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N) CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Iraq Attack?"   Aug. 1, 2002 Small Arms Continue to Proliferate Rwanda-Congo Peace Agreement: A Real Chance for a Peaceful Congo? In the Spotlight: Armed Islamic Group (GIA), a.k.a. Groupement Islamique Arme CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "The Bush Plan for Palestine"   July 25, 2002 NATO Invaded in Second "Clash of Civilizations" A Call to Arms in Europe? Not Quite Second Global Hawk UAV Crashes in Afghanistan CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER: Global Affairs TV -- "Facing China"   July 18, 2002 Our Continuing National Priority Congress Critiques New Arms Control Treaty GAO: Airborne Laser Needs Better Methodology for Determining Cost, Schedule First, Let's Fight for U.N. Arms Inspections in Iraq: Before Hussein is hit, U.S. Should Win Wide Support Invading Iraq: the Diplomatic Challenge South Korean Elections and East Asian Security Issues: What Lies Ahead? CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER: Global Affairs TV -- "Iraq Attack?"   July 12, 2002 Spiral Development, Limited G-8 Pledges $20 million for WMD Threat Reduction Space Command and Strategic Command: Merger Must be Carefully Handled In the Spotlight: Harakat ul-Mujaheddin   CDI Briefing Room ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Grading Bush's Foreign Policy"   June 27, 2002 Needed Reform or Rearranging More Deck Chairs U.S. Senate Ratifies Child Soldiers Treaty In the Spotlight: The National Liberation Army (ELN) CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: The G-8: Is It Still Relevant?   June 20, 2002 United States and North Korea to Resume Talks Pascal’s New Wager: The Dirty Bomb Threat India and Pakistan: War in the Nuclear Shadow? CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Iran in the Middle"   June 13, 2002 "Pogo" Redux -- Again and Again Terror and Oil in Central Asia In the Spotlight: al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Azimuth Media presents "Deadlock: Russia's Forgotten War" and FRONTLINE: "MISSILE WARS" CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Imperial Overreach?"   June 6, 2002 The Department of Homeland Security: Issues and Initial Observations Transformational Stars: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or Unmanned Ground Vehicles? Surprise! What is Old is New Again U.S. and Russian Cooperation on Missile Defense: How Likely? CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV : "Peace in Asia: Russia's New Role"   July 12, 2002 Spiral Development, Limited G-8 Pledges $20 million for WMD Threat Reduction Space Command and Strategic Command: Merger Must be Carefully Handled In the Spotlight: Harakat ul-Mujaheddin   CDI Briefing Room   SUPERPOWER TV: "Grading Bush's Foreign Policy"   June 27, 2002 Needed Reform or Rearranging More Deck Chairs U.S. Senate Ratifies Child Soldiers Treaty In the Spotlight: The National Liberation Army (ELN) CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: The G-8: Is It Still Relevant?   June 20, 2002 United States and North Korea to Resume Talks Pascal’s New Wager: The Dirty Bomb Threat India and Pakistan: War in the Nuclear Shadow? CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Iran in the Middle"   June 13, 2002 "Pogo" Redux -- Again and Again Terror and Oil in Central Asia In the Spotlight: al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Azimuth Media presents "Deadlock: Russia's Forgotten War" and FRONTLINE: "MISSILE WARS" CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Imperial Overreach?"   June 6, 2002 The Department of Homeland Security: Issues and Initial Observations Transformational Stars: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or Unmanned Ground Vehicles? Surprise! What is Old is New Again U.S. and Russian Cooperation on Missile Defense: How Likely? CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV : "Peace in Asia: Russia's New Role"   May 30, 2002 Terrorism Unlikely to Drastically Change U.S.-European Relations Crucial Nonproliferation Assistance to Russia Hangs in The Balance, Again Crying Wolf: The Zero-Sum of All Fears? Bush’s Cuba Policy Under Fire In the Spotlight: Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Nuclear Crisis in Kashmir"   May 16, 2002 Dropping Out — American Style "America's Team" — A Personal Commentary Cuba: Bioweapons Threat or Political Punching-Bag? In the Spotlight: Indonesia's Free Aceh Movement CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: International Criminal Court   May 9, 2002 U.S. Regains Seat on Human Rights Commission The Death of Strategic Ambiguity? Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq In the Spotlight: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "Aftermath in Afghanistan"   May 2, 2002 Lawmakers wary of IRA role in Colombia Iraq: Washington Prepares for Another War In the Spotlight: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) CDI’s "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: "The Road to Peace in the Middle East"   April 25, 2002 Afghanistan: Following up Anaconda Weapons in Space: Silver Bullet or Russian Roulette In the Spotlight: Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV - "Fuzzy Foreign Policy?"   April 18, 2002 Supplemental Request Boosts Security Assistance Afghanistan: The Need to Commit Through Peacekeeping Homeland Security: A Competitive Strategies Approach CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ SUPERPOWER TV: Oil as a Weapon?   April 11, 2002 "Coalitions of the Willing" Ease Way for NATO Enlargement Lifting Restrictions on Aid to Colombia The Bush-Putin Nuclear Agreement: Rhetoric vs. Reality In the Spotlight: Jaish-e-Mohammed CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ Superpower TV: Israel's Place in the World?   April 4, 2002 The Bush Administration's National Security Strategy: Late -- But Worth the Wait? Fighting Terrorism in Yemen Israeli Situation Emphasizes "War on Terror" Merely Title for Unchanged U.S. Policies CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ Superpower TV: Middle East Conflict   March 28, 2002 Senate Holds Hearing on Child Soldiers Treaty Congress Begins Work on Supplemental Spending Package In the Spotlight: Jemaah Islamiah CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ Superpower, Weekly Global Affairs TV   March 21, 2002 Bush Administration Using Military Training as Key to War on Terror Boosting Army Troop Numbers One Of Best Ways To Spend Defense Dollars In the Spotlight: Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ America’s Defense Monitor: "An Environmental-Industrial Complex"   March 14, 2002 Intelligence Funding and the War on Terror Averting Casualty Aversion National Public Radio's "The Connection" Interviews CDI President Bruce G. Blair The Current Status of Missile Defense Programs In the Spotlight: Laskar Jihad CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ America’s Defense Monitor: "Ridding the World of Landmines"   March 7, 2002 Drawing Lessons from Complex Contingencies Mine Ban Treaty Celebrates Third Year in Action When is a Nuke not a Nuke? Sept. 11: A Narrative In the Spotlight: Abu Sayyaf CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ America’s Defense Monitor: "Casualty Phobia"   Feb. 28, 2002 NATO To Offer Russia Closest Cooperation Ever U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Pitfalls U.S. Nuclear Posture and Alert Status Post Sept. 11 Prospects for U.S. Military Action in Iraq In the Spotlight: Hezbollah (Party of God) CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ America's Defense Monitor: "Lessons of Kosovo: The Limits of Air Power"   Feb. 21, 2002 A Fourth Generation Warfare Perspective on the Military Role in Homeland Security Gulf Conflict II? In the Spotlight: Moro Islamic Liberation Front Iran, Israel and Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East Afghanistan: a Return to Warlordism? CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ America's Defense Monitor: "Small Arms and Failed States"   Feb. 14, 2002 Child Soldiers Treaty Enters into Force Military Activity Increases in the Horn of Africa Proposed Pentagon Budget Larger Than Total of Next 25 Nations World Military DataBase 2002 U.S. Military Transformation: Not Just More Spending, But Better Spending CDI's "Briefing Room" ~ America's Defense Monitor: "The U.S. and U.N. in Somalia"   Search the Weekly Defense Monitor:   All Issues:     2002    2001    2000    1999    1998    1997   BACK TO THE TOP    CDI WEEKLY DEFENSE MONITOR HOME    CDI HOME   CENTER FOR DEFENSE INFORMATION 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036-2109 Ph: (202) 332-0600 · Fax: (202) 462-4559 info@cdi.org