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1. Surrendering Outer Space

   Appeared in Policy Review What if, in the midst of the epic contest to explore and colonize the New World, Britain — the greatest seafaring power of its day — had to mothball its naval fleet and rely on other countries to transport British men and ...

2. NATO at 60: Transformed or Deformed?

   Appeared in The American Legion Magazine After NATO's founding fathers convened in Washington to create the alliance in 1949, Lord Ismay, NATO's first secretary general, described the organization's mission as keeping the Russians out, the ...

3. Obama Learns Foreign Disagreements Come with Presidency

   Appeared in the Detroit News North Korea is goading America by detonating nukes. Iran is testing missiles, enriching uranium and denouncing Washington for meddling. Russia is tying up NATO supply lines. It all must be jarring to those who assured us that ...

4. NATO's Strategery

   Appeared in World Politics Review NATO officially launched the process of revamping its Strategic Concept this month. As of now, the alliance’s next mission statement is “a blank sheet of paper,” in the words of outgoing Secretary General Jaap de Hoop ...

5. Not Doing What Comes Naturally

   Appeared in TCSDaily Wouldn’t we be better off if we just learned to live with the risks and threats posed by terrorism? That’s essentially the question Duke University ecologist Raphael Sagarin is asking. “Organisms do not try to get rid of risk in their ...

6. Going Nuclear

   Appeared in the Sacramento Bee and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review If America is on the verge of a “nuclear renaissance,” as proponents of nuclear power contend, our nuclear Dark Age has cost us dearly. The U.S. nuclear industry provides 19.7 percent of the ...

7. A Focused Competitor

   Appeared in the Weekly Standard Online Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently raised eyebrows by noting that China is “developing capabilities” that “seem very focused on the United States Navy and our bases that are in that ...

8. Fraser Forum- April 2009: Canada-US Relations

   In this issue: Up Front: Gangs, drugs, and the economy At a recent Behind the Spin event in Calgary, Dr. Stephen Easton, Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute, discussed the true costs of crime. A blueprint for continued prosperity by Charles Lammam and ...

9. NATO at 60: One for All?

   Appeared in Doublethink Online After doing one thing—and one thing well—for its first 40 years, the NATO alliance seems to be an ongoing work in progress nowadays, each summit an attempt to respond to the crisis of the moment. Just consider what’s on NATO ...

10. The High Cost of Volunteering

    Appeared in the American Magazine Online Stimulus packages and bailouts are getting all the headlines, but President Barack Obama’s plans for national service are also pricey—and dispiriting for those who believe government has no place in paying for or ...