Australia, the US and the missile shield: loyal deputy as human sacrifice? The Howard government's collusion with America's missile defense shield betrays a fundamental ignorance of current arms proliferation. Our communal safety and capacity to remain at peace may be fatally compromised. (Features).
Australia, not mature enough to develop its own autonomy, is now cosying up to America. Intimately involved in many aspects of the American military system--espionage activities, early warning systems, planning and testing Star Wars, forward-based military operations, and foreign military excursions--these activities threaten not only our important relationships within...

Economic model of terrorism and terrorist activities: a short note.
Abstract The financial side of terrorism has not been given due importance in the literature. This paper analyses the implications of the financial side of terrorism for the relationship between the incidence of terrorism and affluence. It is assumed that the number of recruits who volunteer to...

The US, the USSR, and space exploration, 1957-1963.
This article reexamines the political meaning of the Space Age during the administrations of Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy. Using the foreign relations papers of the United States and an assortment of other primary and secondary sources, the author posits that space exploration, like the political summit meeting, served...

Can appropriation riders speed our exit from Iraq?
I. INTRODUCTION If the President loses centrist American political support for continuing the war in Iraq, members of Congress might employ their most legally potent, yet controversial, tool to speed our exit, or at least to change policy. Namely, they can attach conditions--typically in the form of...

Iran & Saudi Arabia Are Watching In The Middle Of The Devil's Triangle.
** India Links Calcutta Attack Targeting The American Centre To Al Qaida Network Of Bin Laden ** Multinational Peacekeeping Troops In Kabul Are Urged To Expand Their Presence To Cover Other Provinces ** Gen. Musharraf, Due In The White House In February, Has Taken On...

Human development and human security in Eurasia.
The author provides a comprehensive and forward looking overview of human development and human security in Eurasia, arguing that these two dimensions of government policy are inextricably related to peace. A key point in good governance is transparency. The author explains the situation of the various countries in Eurasia...

The insecure state.
IN THE HEYDAY OF THE COLD WAR, students of the once popular, American-inspired discipline of "strategic studies" could both amaze and appall their friends with a small, seemingly innocuous plastic device known to the cognoscenti as the "RAND Bomb Damage Effect Calculator."(1) By turning a series of concentric dials and...

The Patriot Act and the wall between foreign intelligence and law enforcement.
I. LEGENDS OF THE WALL A. Pre-FISA B. FISA 1. Applications for FISA Surveillance Orders 2. Judicial Approval of FISA Surveillance Orders 3. The Govemment's Intended and Actual Use of FISA-Acquired Information a. FISA Provisions Requiring a Certification About the Purpose of Proposed Surveillance and Authorizing Limited Judicial Review...

The law: presidential inherent power: the "sole organ" doctrine.
In a series of confidential memos written after 9/11, later released to the public, the Justice Department wrote: "We conclude that the Constitution vests the President with the plenary authority, as Commander in Chief and the sole organ of the Nation in its foreign relations, to use military force...

Dubai ports world under Exon-Florio: a threat to national security or a tempest in a seaport?
I. INTRODUCTION In January and February of 2006, Congress and the public played a variation of the game "Which of these things does not belong?" This variation instead asked "Which of these transactions does not belong?" The list included a Singaporean company taking over a U.S. telecommunications...