Editor’s Column Spring 2000
By the time this issue appears in late March 2000 the major parties’ nominees for the presidency will probably...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Editor’s Column Spring 2000
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Orbis
McNamara’s Struggle for Understanding
Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy. By Robert S. McNamara et al. (New York:...
The Dangers of Trendy Strategies
Preventive Defense: A New Security Strategy for America. By Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry. (Washington, D.C.: The...
Covert Operations, Now More Than Ever
Lord Acton’s famous maxim about the corruptive influence of power is just as true with regard to “absolute” military...
The Risks of a Networked Military
Lost in the welter of daily crises—Serbian atrocities, Chinese espionage, North Korean nuclear programs, and Iraqi intransigence—is the big...
Facing Nuclear and Conventional Reality
Throughout the Cold War, nuclear deterrence formed the foundation of U.S. national security policy. The United States relied upon...
Russia as Rogue Proliferator
Although Russian leaders regularly deny it, the scope of Russian sales of dual-use and conventional technology and weapons indicates...
Theater Missile Defense and Taiwan’s Security
In a complex world there are few policy choices that carry all positive or all negative consequences for the...
Lessons from the Taiwan Relations Act
Twenty years ago the United States severed its diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (ROC). The Taiwan Relations...
The Chinese Puzzle of Taiwan’s Status
When Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui told a German radio interviewer in July 1999 that relations between the People’s Republic...