A nation must think before it acts.
Mr. Chairman, Senator Lugar, and Members of the Committee: I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the threat of al Qaeda in Afghanistan and beyond. Al Qaeda is once again at the forefront...
Read more »“Gooood morning, Vietnam!!” I say that as a veteran of that particular conflict and also as a big Robin Williams fan. It’s my privilege to welcome you to the latest in our long-running and dare I say successful series...
Read more »The United States and Cuba have a strong mutual interest in closing off trafficking routes in the western Caribbean and in preventing attempts by Mexican and South American cocaine mafias to set up shop in Cuba proper. Yet they...
Read more »Mr/s Chairman, Members of the Commission, thank you for the invitation to speak today on this timely subject. My testimony will address how Chinese foreign-directed information operations figure into the broader strategy of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC)...
Read more »On April 23, 1987, I was interviewed in the Pentagon by the then Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger, in connection with my subsequent appointment by President Reagan as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Shortly after the interview,...
Read more »My charge today, I gather, is to address the referendum and perhaps more broadly the “new constitution” issues in Taiwan in the context of international legal questions of Taiwan’s status. The referendum and the constitutional reform discussion can best...
Read more »I have a truly bizarre assignment of talking about property rights in China. As many of you know, a big part of the discussion of constitutional reform right now, is about the inclusion of provisions relating to property rights....
Read more »National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Tel: 202-331-4060 info@9-11Commission.gov Fax: 202-296-5545 I. Profiling and the Shadow of the Internment Several immigration-related initiatives of the U.S. government since 9/11 have raised concerns about racial profiling and comparisons...
Read more »Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Committee, my name is Stephen Gale and I am co-chair of the Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. I am also a professor at...
Read more »Thank you for your very kind comments and for the deeply appreciated honor which you and the board of FPRI have conveyed on me. In expressing my thanks, I would like to share a few words regarding my own...
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