
Missile defense approaches its 30th anniversary with both great accomplishments behind it and great challenges before it. President Reagan’s vision of a defense sufficient to blunt the use of ballistic missiles and their nuclear warheads as instruments of coercion, blackmail, and
by Peter R. Huessy8 Mar 2013, 7:07 AM PST0

Fifty years ago, the Soviet Union put nuclear missiles in Cuba. History may be repeating itself in the Caribbean. Russian military officials have confirmed they are “considering” basing nuclear bombers in Cuba or Venezuela. They have been offered basing and
by Peter R. Huessy17 Sep 2012, 12:30 PM PST0
It looks like the nation’s national security may soon take it in the shorts, a repeat of the 1990s but worse. Then, defense spending declined in real terms by a cumulative $300 billion from 1993-2000. At the same time, the
by Peter R. Huessy6 Jan 2012, 2:39 PM PST0
Neil King, Jr., writing in the October 8-9 Wall Street Journal, “Romney Calls for Defense Boost”, apparently believes that a speech by a pro-defense candidate for national office needs it own simultaneous rebuttal which he tries mightily to give us.
by Peter R. Huessy10 Oct 2011, 8:04 AM PST0
The United States does not now have a defense and national security “vision” for the future appropriate to the threats, challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. What we have is a series of sometimes contradictory tactical strategies that are
by Peter R. Huessy4 Oct 2011, 2:44 AM PST0
A dear friend, courageous Senator, brilliant defense thinker, and one of the few politicians that always spoke in declarative sentences, left us this September 14th at his beautiful ranch home in Wyoming. Wallop: the independent cowboy spirit Malcolm Wallop, US
by Peter R. Huessy18 Sep 2011, 5:01 PM PST0
A decade after 9/11 it is hoped America’s security establishment better understands what threats we face of which the attacks of 9/11 were one facet. The answer to that question remains incomplete. After the end of the Cold War we
by Peter R. Huessy11 Sep 2011, 1:43 PM PST0
A senior Administration delegation has just left the People’s Republic of China. While there, the Chinese were told not to worry about the US paying its debts to the country — their investments in the US were safe. True enough.
by Peter R. Huessy23 Aug 2011, 3:01 AM PST0
There is good news and bad news in the debt agreement for defense . The good news is that in the next two fiscal years beginning October 1, 2011, national security accounts–including defense, homeland security, foreign assistance, nuclear weapons programs
by Peter R. Huessy4 Aug 2011, 11:00 AM PST0
It looks like the nation’s national security may soon take it in the shorts, in a repeat of the 1990’s but worse. Then, defense declined in real terms by a cumulative $300 billion 1993-2000. At the same time, the major
by Peter R. Huessy2 Aug 2011, 5:11 AM PST0
On Drudge July 22, 2011, in a news story about the stalled debt talks, there is buried the disclosure that $1 trillion in spending “cuts” being proposed in the debt extension discussions are estimated to come from the already agreed
by Peter R. Huessy26 Jul 2011, 3:24 AM PST0
041211 NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION AND NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION BREAKFAST FORUM WITH SENATOR JON KYL (R-AZ), ON “SENATE PERSPECTIVES ON IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE AND NUCLEAR DETERRENCE.” (For additional information on NDUF/NDIA forums contact Peter Huessy at huessyp@nduf.org) [This is
by Peter R. Huessy16 Apr 2011, 8:04 AM PST0
US security policy in North Africa and the Middle East faces a dramatic test: will we be able to weave a strong tapestry of help for our allies and take down our enemies or will a new stronger coalition or
by Peter R. Huessy13 Apr 2011, 3:47 AM PST0
The Democratic strategy is to split the Tea Party supporters from the Republican Party leaders and thus depress support for the Republican Party at the congressional level and at the Presidential level in the run-up to the 2012 elections. But
by Peter R. Huessy2 Apr 2011, 9:18 AM PST0
A sterile map of the Middle East belies the political and social havoc on the ground. US Security policy should help our friends and hurt our enemies. In the Middle East and North Africa, we are apparently unsure of exactly
by Peter R. Huessy27 Mar 2011, 3:57 AM PST0
The use of military force against Gaddafi is welcome but simultaneously worrisome. Welcome in that American ground troops will not be landing in Tripoli and that US and a coalition of other nations are trying to stop Libya from a
by Peter R. Huessy22 Mar 2011, 4:18 AM PST0
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela’s is sending $1 million a year of his oil revenue to an American organization bent on keeping America’s borders wide open. Casa de Maryland openly helps migrants illegally in the United States. It also receives
by Peter R. Huessy15 Feb 2011, 3:28 AM PST0
Yesterday I called my friend Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, President Reagan’s ambassador to the United Nations. She was busy leading a contingent of folks speaking with Saint Peter about reducing the media budget of the socialist parties that run a blog
by Peter R. Huessy13 Feb 2011, 2:46 PM PST0
Ronald Reagan’s three most important pillars of national security policy were (1) peace through strength; (2) trust but verify; and (3) beware of evil in the modern world. We followed that wisdom. And communism collapsed. The Soviet empire crumbled. Tyrants
by Peter R. Huessy6 Feb 2011, 9:15 AM PST0
Ahmadinejad imagines a “world without America.” Nearly a decade after the attacks of 9/11, Americans remain terribly confused as to the nature of the terror threats we face. A jarring collection of disparate daily events appears to make little overall
by Peter R. Huessy30 Jan 2011, 11:03 AM PST0
Now that new START has been ratified by the US Senate and is apparently close to ratification by the Russian government, it might be useful to ask “What is the Future of Nuclear Arms Control?” Most Americans would think that
by Peter R. Huessy29 Jan 2011, 6:03 AM PST0
“Trust us…no, really” Americans are frustrated with China. Big time. The most recent leaks of State Department documents reveal Peking with explicit complicity in arming Iran with ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons technology. An article also appeared in the Washington
by Peter R. Huessy7 Jan 2011, 6:59 AM PST0
The US Senate gave its assent to ratification of the new START treaty but added significant new policy requirements that may require the US to actually improve its nuclear arsenal and modernize its nuclear enterprise even as we reduce our
by Peter R. Huessy28 Dec 2010, 8:36 AM PST0
The Washington Post reports that the administration has once again strongly asserted that the new START treaty, under consideration by the US Senate, does not limit “our” missile defense plans as they are currently being proposed by the United States.
by Peter R. Huessy20 Dec 2010, 10:52 AM PST0
The United States and its allies are now sitting down–once again– with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program. What will happen? What should happen? Two recent headlines give us some clues. Three years after the Israelis destroyed the Syrian Al-Kibar nuclear
by Peter R. Huessy6 Dec 2010, 1:28 PM PST0