James Schlesinger

Partisan Obstructionism Threatens National Security

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bob Kagan, Mitch McConnell, Michael Mullen, Michael Krepon, Partnership for Secure America, Richard Lugar, Bob Bennett, Brent Scowcroft, Naitonal Security, Jon Kyl, Partisan Gridlock, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Nuclear Weapons, John Kerry, Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, Russia, Bob Corker, James Schlesinger, Johnny Isakson, New Start, Pierre Vimont, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

Every day without New START in force is another day we don't know for sure what is going on with Russia's nuclear weapons. That is not good for America.

Read Post

Oil's Massive Price Distortion Militates the Reconvening of the 1970s Federal Oil Price Task Force

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Argus Index, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Obama Presidency, James Schlesinger, Department of Energy, Oil, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Opec, Energy, Commodity Futures Trading Commision, Bank Holding Companies, NewYork Times, Media, Wti, Cnbc, Nymerc, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

It is long past time that our government take seriously and study intensely how oil prices are determined in a world of OPEC, speculation, timid oversight and failing transparency.

Read Post

The Pentagon's Nuclear Posture Landmine

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Heritage Foundation, Department of Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Posture Review, Nuclear Threat Initiative, James Schlesinger, Nuclear Proliferation, Japan, Prague Speech, Bill Perry, Deterrence, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

Rather than shaping a nuclear policy to prevent the 21st century threats of nuclear terrorism and new nuclear states, the Pentagon reviewers are defending Cold War architectures.

Read Post