Black Friday, U.S. Climate Study Released
Category: National Security Issues
“Commander-in-Chief Forum”
NBC’s nationally broadcast ‘Event TV’ was headlines as a “Commander-in-Chief Forum”. The nation watched (15 million or so) and the collective judgment the day of the event was — a disaster. The consensus was the forum failed on all fronts. What was the worst moment?
Nuclear Brink / End of Times
Last week we wrote of President Obama and his National Security counsel as they prepared to leave office and leave behind the power of the White House to shape security policy. This week we continue on the theme of the president’s legacy and strategic nuclear risks by again considering My Journey at the Nuclear Brink […]
A New Nuclear Arsenal and Reflections on a President’s Last Days in Office
A decade ago your editor organized a policy conference in Washington DC with a group of national security experts that ranged from a former NSC senior staffer (and Kissinger aide who resigned in protest of the Cambodia invasion) Roger Morris to current National Security Advisor Susan Rice. The 2006 conference was inauspiciously called “Surviving Victory”
American Twilight, Another War
The Origins of Strategic Demands A ‘Big Picture’ view, a reflection on ‘Another War’ brings together a ‘Surviving Victory’ conference in DC and proceeds to the launch of StrategicDemands.com & GreenPolicy360 * American Twilight: A Memoir of Another War * by Steven Schmidt | Published by the Green Institute (2004)
