(Washington, D.C.): On 4-5 April 1997, the Luntz Research Companies conducted a national poll of 900 American adults concerning the controversial Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This poll was intended to ensure that public sentiments about the present treaty were properly understood — an objective made all the more necessary by earlier canvass performed by the …
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration’s hole card in its bid to persuade a Republican-controlled Senate to agree to ratification of the controversial Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) appears to be the contention that the fathers of this treaty are Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. The most recent and visible manifestation of this gambit was Secretary …
(Washington, D.C.): Six months ago, President Clinton blocked the implementation of key provisions of the Libertad Act, known for its chief sponsors — Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) and Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN). By so doing, he blocked American companies and individuals from pursuing legal remedies against European, Canadian and other foreign entities trafficking in U.S. …
(Washington, D.C.): As important oversight hearings concerning Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty get underway in the House International Relations Committee today, the Center for Security Policy, the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom and National Review magazine published a summary of the recent Roundtable Discussion on the Future of RFE/RL that they jointly sponsored last month. …
(Washington, D.C.): Today’s hearings before the Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations — on which Senator William Roth (R-DE) and Sam Nunn (D-GA) serve as the chairman and ranking member respectively — are intended to illuminate a very serious problem: The proliferation of chemical weapons of mass destruction. Coming on the heels of testimony taken …
(Washington, D.C.): The 1996 annual policy conference of the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has just indisputably established a point all U.S. policy-makers should bear in mind: The American Jewish community is not monolithically supportive of several specific initiatives that are supposed to produce real peace for Israel with the PLO and Syria. To the …
(Washington, D.C.): This morning’s chemical weapons attack against rush hour commuters in the Tokyo subway system offers chilling affirmation of a number of truths that should be self-evident: Chemical weapons (CW) like Sarin — the nerve agent believed to have been used to kill at least six, injure thousands of others and thoroughly disrupt Tokyo’s …
(Washington, D.C.) On Wednesday, the Clinton Administration intends to hold what is being described as “an important briefing” on Syria at the White House for influential figures in the American Jewish community and other individuals. The briefer is to be none other than Secretary of State Warren Christopher. The choice of venue and spokesman suggest …
(Washington, D.C.): In a masterful feat of journalism, the Public Broadcasting System this evening will broadcast a major expose: “Jihad In America.” This program reveals in an authoritative but shocking way not only the enormous gravity of the threat posed by Islamic extremists to American interests and allies overseas — notably Israel — but also …
(Washington, D.C.): On the eve of an historic Senate debate on the future of a critical defense program — the B-2 “Stealth” bomber — the Center for Security Policy released a six-page summary of its 8 June 1994 Roundtable on the Future of the Manned Bomber Force. The summary offers powerful arguments for preserving the …