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Mr. Kennedy has been with the Institute since 1989 and has written on national security affairs and California public policy issues. His articles have appeared in the Claremont Review of Books, National Review, Investor's Business Daily, The Wall Street Journal, and numerous national newspapers. 

In addition to his duties as President, Mr. Kennedy serves as Publisher of the Claremont Review of Books and also directs the Institute's Ballistic Missile Defense project, which examines the missile threat to the western United States and the need for a national missile defense.

Mr. Kennedy is a native Californian and a graduate of Claremont McKenna College. Mr. Kennedy can be reached by phone at (909) 621-6825 or email at BKennedy@claremont.org.

Articles

• 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.