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| April 11, 2008 |
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CFE Treaty: Prospects for Reinvigoration and Expansion to Asia (Analysis)
With China's expanding military power and Russia's increasing influence thanks to rising energy prices, the potential for conflict between the two powers becomes even more dangerous. In this analysis, CDI Science Fellow Eric Hundman looks at the prospects and challenges of pursuing a conventional arms limitation treaty in the region - similar to the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty - that can reduce the potential for future, potentially nuclear conflict.
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| April 9, 2008 |
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Non-Hearing on Capitol Hill (Opinion)
After working on Capitol Hill for three decades, Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler didn't expect much from the April 8 hearing at the Senate Armed Services Committee with Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. He was not disappointed. His comments are in a commentary released the day of the hearing.
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| April 3, 2008 |
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Triaging NATO: Mr. Bush (The Younger) Goes to Bucharest (Opinion)
Even during his last NATO summit as U.S. president, George W. Bush has managed to annoy allies and non-allies alike. In this new commentary, Mark Burgess, director of the WSI Brussels office, takes a look at the implications of Bush's (ultimately unsuccessful) call to invite Georgia and Ukraine to work toward eventual membership, as well as the more pressing problems facing the Atlantic Alliance.
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| April 2, 2008 |
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Space Security Update #2: April 2, 2008 (Briefing)
USA-193 Was Extremely Unstable • Atlas V Launch Delayed Due to Destruction of USA-193 • Russia and China Announce Draft Treaty Banning Putting Weapons in Space • Air Force Working to Improve Space Situational Awareness • U.S. Air Force Funding Request for Satellites Remains Largely Static • European Union Hesitant about Manned Space Mission • Tehran Provides Information on Satellite Launch • India’s Lunar Mission Delayed Until July • China’s Chang'e-2 Lunar Probe Set for Launch Next Year • China Set to Undertake first Spacewalk in 2008 • Launch Preparations for Second Galileo Space Craft Underway • Contract for Fractionated Satellites Awarded by Pentagon • Europeans Demand More Info on Chinese Sat Nav Program • Space Radar Terminated • Satellite Programs Suffer Due to Overruns and Delays: GAO Official • Space Getting Cluttered
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| April 1, 2008 |
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Defense Monitor, Vol. XXXVII, No. 2 - March/April 2008 (Reports)
The Chaos in America's Vast Security Budget • The State of the (European) Union: Making U.S. Defense Spending Look Efficient • The Future of Nuclear Disarmament: U.S. and Russian Public Opinion Strongly Supports Eliminating Nuclear Weapons • Trip Report: Missile Defense and the Czech Republic • Was the Satellite "Shoot Down" Worth It? • Prospects for African AFRICOM Headquarters
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| March 11, 2008 |
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Space Weapons Spending in the FY 2009 Defense Budget (Briefing)
In the absence of a clear national consensus on military missions in space, the administration of George W. Bush is continuing to fund research that could result in the development and/or deployment of anti-satellite and space-based weapons. CDI takes a look at programs in the Fiscal Year 2009 budget request that potentially could lead to the weaponization of space.
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| March 10, 2008 |
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“Merchant of Death” Arrested in Thailand (Analysis)
On March 6, 2008, notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the "Merchant of Death," was arrested in Thailand on charges of attempting to sell weapons to a Colombian rebel group on the U.S. terrorism watchlist. Bout, who had evaded arrest by exploiting the patchwork of national and international laws regulating arms brokering, supplied weapons to many of the world’s bloodiest conflicts during the last two decades. CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl and Research Assistant Doug Tuttle analyze Bout’s arrest, examine why arms dealers like Bout are able to thrive, and describe what is and could be done to stop other unscrupulous arms dealers.
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