Much ‘Political Warfare’ In Our Future

Much ‘Political Warfare’ In Our Future
Much ‘Political Warfare’ In Our Future

Our partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies resumes with this piece by Seth Jones, part of a CSIS series on the National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review and the Missile Defense Review. As our intrepid readers would know, Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan, Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette and Undersecretary of State…

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The Lessons of Hiroshima: We Still Need Nuclear Weapons

The Lessons of Hiroshima: We Still Need Nuclear Weapons
The Lessons of Hiroshima: We Still Need Nuclear Weapons

A new era of warfare began when the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima 70 years ago. While ordinary Japanese had grown used to seeing American bombers overhead, the hell on earth that was unleashed on August 6, 1945 eclipsed anything anyone had seen before. Estimates suggest that at least 90,000 of Hiroshima’s 380,000…

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We Must Revive Our Moribund Nuclear Force: Heritage

We Must Revive Our Moribund Nuclear Force: Heritage
We Must Revive Our Moribund Nuclear Force: Heritage

Barack Obama is not likely to be mistaken for Teddy Roosevelt. Yes, his foreign policy has been quite soft-spoken—especially when addressing openly hostile states such as Iran. But he has whittled America’s “big stick” down to kindling. While “resetting” with Russia and “engaging” with Iran, Mr. Obama has presided over a tremendous down-sizing of U.S.…

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