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Anschutz, Philip

Last Updated: October 28, 2009

The new owner of neocon mouthpiece the Weekly Standard is an Evangelical business tycoon whose media holdings provide a powerful voice for his rightwing views on taxes, national security, and family values.

Black, Conrad

Last Updated: August 18, 2010

The erstwhile media mogul and conservative writer, Black was recently released from prison—after serving just over two years of his six-year sentence for fraud convictions—as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limited the effect of a federal fraud law.

Glassman, James

Last Updated: November 09, 2010

Conservative journalist and diplomat best known for his prediction, made just before the stock market dropped, that the Dow Jones was on the verge of a tremendous upsurge, James Glassman is a former American Enterprise Institute fellow who hosts the TV show Ideas in Action and directs the George W. Bush Institute.

Grace Creek Media

Last Updated: November 03, 2010

Grace Park Media has produced a number of rightist TV shows and documentaries, including a documentary on the history of neoconservatism written by a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and James Glassman’s Ideas in Action.

Ideas in Action

Last Updated: November 03, 2010

Ideas in Action is a rightist TV program co-produced by the George W. Bush Institute and Grace Creek Media that often features prominent neoconservatives opining on U.S. domestic and foreign policy.

Merrill, Philip (1934-2006)

Last Updated: October 24, 2006

Philip Merrill, a minor media mogul and former president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, was found dead in the Chesapeake Bay in late June 2006, apparently the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot...

National Interest

Last Updated: March 25, 2007

The National Interest was founded in 1985 by Irving Kristol as a foreign policy counterpart to his Public Interest, which until it was shuttered in 2005 was a key outlet for neoconservative views on...

Tech Central Station

Last Updated: October 23, 2010

The now-defunct internet magazine Tech Central Station served as a platform for advocates of militarist U.S. foreign policies, and is now published as TCSDaily on the website of the conservative TV program, Ideas in Action.

Walworth, Andrew

Last Updated: November 08, 2010

Andrew Walworth is TV producer who served as executive producer of Ideas in Action, a weekly TV program hosted by James Glassman and produced by the George W. Bush Institute and Grace Creek Media.

Weekly Standard

Last Updated: August 13, 2009

The Weekly Standard is the flagship publication of contemporary neoconservatism.

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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