For Russia, “Open Discussion” Means Divide and Conquer
While Russia gives the illusion of looking for missile defense cooperation, it has waged a full-scale campaign against U.S. missile defenses. Dmitry Rogozin, special representative of the president of...
View ArticleNATO to Declare Interim European Missile Defense Capability
During the NATO meeting in Chicago, the alliance will declare that it has an interim operational capability to defend itself against ballistic missile attacks. This is a major step forward for NATO and...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s Missile Defense Plan: Too Little Too Late?
The Phased Adaptive Approach, President Obama’s missile defense plans for the protection of European allies and the United States, faces increasing scrutiny in the House of Representatives. House Armed...
View ArticleSenator Jim DeMint: Missile Defense Works
What do welfare reform and missile defense have in common? Both were gutted under the Obama Administration, says Senator Jim DeMint, who will become Heritage’s president in April. Senator DeMint is...
View ArticleHow Not to Negotiate with Russia: The Missile Defense Fiasco
Newscom Russia’s objections to U.S. missile defense development and deployment have been on the agenda of consecutive American Administrations starting with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. For President...
View ArticleRequesting Nuclear Forces Information Is Not “Congressional Dysfunction”
Jeff Malet Photography/Newscom Transparency is not one of the Obama Administration’s greatest strengths. Walter Pincus of The Washington Post mistakes congressional efforts to better understand the...
View ArticleHouse Pushes Back on Obama’s Nuclear Disarmament Agenda
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) advances U.S. national interests when it comes to U.S. nuclear weapons. The bill prohibits elimination of the...
View ArticleGibraltar Tensions Highlight the Importance of U.S. Engagement in Europe
Gibraltar (Donovan Torres/ZUMA Press/Newscom) This week, the United Kingdom is sending 10 naval ships through the Mediterranean as part of a routine yearly deployment. In light of recent Spanish...
View ArticleAdministration Plans to Cut ICBMs
Newscom The Washington Free Beacon reports that an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) squadron may be eliminated if the Obama Administration’s draft plan to cut it is implemented. Neither the...
View ArticlePutin Challenges Obama’s Long-Held Views on Missile Defense
Photo credit: EPA/ALEXEY KUDENKO/ POOL Several years before becoming president, Obama told a Chicago TV station, “I don’t agree with a missile defense system.” That’s nice. Unfortunately, rogue states...
View ArticleCrisis in Ukraine Shows the Importance of U.S.-Poland Alliance
In the past 20 years, Poland has gone from a Soviet satellite state to a free and democratic republic with a NATO membership. Following Russia’s illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea, the U.S....
View ArticleHow the New START Treaty Has Strengthened Putin—and Hurt America
Photo: AFP PHOTO/ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images Four years ago today, U.S. and Russia signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). An examination of the past four years reveals that...
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