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1992 Draft Defense Planning Guidance

Last Updated: March 12, 2008

The 1992 draft Defense Planning Guidance (DPG), crafted by then-Defense Department staffers I. Lewis Libby, Paul Wolfowitz, and Zalmay Khalilzad, is widely regarded as an early formulation of the...

Deterrence Concepts Advisory Panel

Last Updated: November 21, 2003

About . The Deterrence Concepts Advisory Panel (DCAP) was established by the Bush administration to oversee production of the president's Nuclear Posture Review, which is a classified study...

EMP Commission

Last Updated: October 19, 2009

Despite many challenges to its credibility, the work of this Congressional commission continues be cited by hardliners to revive Cold War-era fears of nuclear annihilation and justify aggressive policies toward Iran and North Korea.

Foster Panel

Last Updated: November 21, 2003

About The so-called Foster Panel--after its head, John S. Foster, Jr.--was established at the urging of Sen. Jon Kyl by the fiscal year 1999 Defense Authorization Act to report on the safety and...

Immigration Reform Caucus

Last Updated: March 12, 2007

The Immigration Reform Caucus, established in May 1999 by Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO), a leading conservative in Congress who promotes a far-right agenda in both domestic and foreign policy, has grown...

Office of Iranian Affairs

Last Updated: July 25, 2007

The Office of Iranian Affairs (OIA) was created in early 2006 within the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Near East Affairs, apparently as part of an effort to channel funds to groups that could...

Office of Special Plans

Last Updated: April 04, 2011

The Office of Special Plans was a controversial Pentagon policy outfit that was widely accused of providing the George W. Bush administration with inaccurate, skewed intelligence linking Iraq and al-Qaeda in an effort to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Rumsfeld Missile Commission

Last Updated: November 01, 2007

The Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, commonly called the Rumsfeld Commission or the Rumsfeld Missile Commission after its chair Donald Rumsfeld, operated from...

Rumsfeld Space Commission

Last Updated: November 01, 2007

The Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization, frequently called the Rumsfeld Space Commission or simply the Space Commission, was established in 1999 by...

Team B Strategic Objectives Panel

Last Updated: November 01, 2007

Arguably the most notorious attempt by right-wing figures to challenge the authority of the CIA ("Team A") over intelligence—similar to the effort by the Pentagon's Office of...

U.S.-China Commission

Last Updated: November 29, 2006

Congress established the bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, or U.S.-China Commission as it is commonly known, in October 2000, as part of the 2001 Defense Authorization...

New Profiles
Center for American Freedom

The Center for American Freedom, a new neoconservative advocacy group, publishes the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative “combat journalism” outlet designed to counter the supposedly liberal media elite.

Perle, Richard

Although he has largely faded from public attention since his high-profile role promoting the invasion of Iraq during the first George W. Bush administration, Richard Perle, the neoconservative figurehead associated with the American Enterprise Institute, is again raising public alarm about a hypothetical nuclear weapons program—this time in Iran.

Bryen, Shoshana

Following her acrimonious departure from JINSA, “pro-Israel” hawk Shoshana Bryen will carry on her advocacy efforts at the conservative Jewish Policy Center.

Amitay, Morris

Amitay has been a key “pro-Israel” lobbyist for decades, serving as head of American Israeli Public Affairs Committee and chair of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.

Bryen, Stephen

Stephen Bryen has played an important role forging connections between right-wing advocacy groups, conservative policy elites, weapons contractors, and the U.S. “pro-Israel” lobby.

From the Wires
A Global Empire, Yet a “United States of Fear”

February, 07 2012

A new book by Tom Engelhardt argues that the United States’ domestic woes are not isolated challenges but part of a broader imperial decline, hastened by a culture of militarism and foreign policy overreach.

Early End to U.S. Combat Role in Afghanistan Draws Cheers, Jeers, Confusion

February, 03 2012

Leon Panetta's surprise announcement that U.S. troops will phase out their combat role in Afghanistan by mid-2013 is drawing mixed reactions, as well as a fair bit of confusion, from both critics and supporters of the 11-year-old war.

Worries Mount over Blowback of Israeli Attack on Iran

January, 16 2012

U.S. policymakers worry that Israel might attack Iran without giving prior warning to Washington.

Iran’s Relations with Latin America Less Than Meets the Eye

January, 13 2012

In contrast to assertions from U.S. policymakers about a Persian menace emerging in the American neighborhood, Iran has only weak and superficial ties to Latin America.

Egypt Follows Israel, Eyeing U.S. Aid without Pre-Conditions

January, 13 2012

Egypt and Israel may be at a crossroads in their relations, but each is violating the terms of its U.S. military assistance.

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