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Gregory H. Canavan

• Issue in Missile Defense in Asia

  April 12, 1999 ::

Mark T. Clark

• Getting Serious About Nukes

  April 5, 2002 ::

  Institute fellow Mark T. Clark comments on the media reaction to the Defense Department’s new thinking on nuclear weapons and the war on terrorism.

• Why Nuclear War is Possible: The Common Sense Case for a National Missile Defense

  July 1, 1999 ::

Angelo M. Codevilla

• The Way to Missile Defense

  May 5, 2001 ::

  President Bush says the 1972 ABM Treaty has outlived its usefulness. The question now is whether the administration will officially withdraw from the treaty. That’s the next great step toward a national missile defense, writes senior fellow Angelo Codevilla.

• Missile Defense: the Hard Way

  July 26, 2000 ::

  The Clinton Administration intends to build a national defense that puts the ideology of the ABM Treaty ahead of saving the lives of Americans, writes senior fellow Angelo Codevilla.

• Missile Defense: Why Pay for Pretense?

  May 11, 1998 ::

  This year, like most other years for the past generation, the U.S. government will spend more than $3 billion in the name of defense against ballistic missiles. Since 1983, we have spent some $46 billion. And this year, exactly like every other year, this money will buy not a single solitary piece of equipment that might possibly be used to keep even one foreign missile from landing on the American people.

John C. Eastman

• Eastman: President Bush’s Christmas Present

  December 3, 2001 ::

  Director of the Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and Professor of Law at Chapman University, John Eastman, on President Bush’s announcement that the United States would be withdrawing from the ABM Treaty.

John Grant

• Our Founding Principles and Ballistic Missile Defense

  March 10, 2004 ::

  Claremont Institute Fellow John Grant reminds us why our founding principles require us to defend against ballistic missile attack.

Steven F. Hayward

• Build Missile Defense Now

  June 1, 1999 ::

Thomas Karako

• Announcing Missilethreat.com

  March 23, 2004 ::

  On the twenty-first anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative speech, the Claremont Institute is pleased to announce a revision of our website devoted to missile defense, missilethreat.com

• The Decision to Deploy

  December 18, 2002 ::

  Tom Karako on President Bush’s 2002 announcement of the decision to deploy missile defenses by 2004.

Brian T. Kennedy

• Understanding the Need for a National Missile Defense After 9/11

  January 3, 2003 ::

  Brian Kennedy considers how superpower politics could have been behind the attacks of 9/11, and why missile defense remains as important as ever.

• The ABM Treaty Is Gone, What Now?

  June 15, 2002 ::

  Claremont Institute President Brian Kennedy explains what must be done if missile defense is to become a reality for post-ABM Treaty national defense.

• Protecting Our Nation: The Urgent Need for Ballistic Missile Defense

  January 1, 2002 ::

  In this speech, which appeared in Vital Speeches of the Day, Brian Kennedy spoke on changes in the urgent need for a ballistic missle defense system since September 11th.

• America is Worth Defending

  July 23, 2001 ::

  A good national missile defense system is necessary, and it is currently within our capabilities—so why do the arguments against it remain? Thomas Krannawitter and Brian Kennedy write on the series of arguments given against building a national missile defense system.

• Defending the West: Current Debate over Ballistic Missile Defense

  June 1, 2001 ::

• Why Nuclear War is Possible: The Common Sense Case for a National Missile Defense

  July 1, 1999 ::

• Clinton Administration’s Forked-Tongued Defense Initiative

  March 17, 1999 ::

  President Clinton has agreed reluctantly not to veto the National Defense Act of 1999, but the White House is working behind the scenes to block missile defense for at least a decade.

• Boxer, Fong, and the Defender Gap

  October 29, 1998 ::

  Recently, a controversy has emerged between Matt Fong and Barbara Boxer which goes to one of the nation’s and the Senate’s chief concerns—national security.

• Missile Defense: Now More Than Ever

  October 10, 1997 ::

  The end of the Cold War hasn’t decreased the risks of nuclear attack. In fact, changes inside Russia show that the United States needs a ballistic missile defense now more than ever.

Mackubin Thomas Owens

• Missile Defense and the Future of American Power

  August 1, 2000 ::