Category: National Security/UN

Yucca Mountain: The Right Place for Spent Nuclear Fuel, by Gerald E. Marsh and George Stanford

In proposing to finalize Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the site of the nation's spent nuclear fuel repository, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham has made the right choice. This would be true on either side of September 11th, but on ...
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New Visions Commentary: In Support of Democracy Abroad, by Arica Young

Hopes among Bush Administration officials for a more democratic Venezuela as a result of the recent coup attempt in that country in mid-April earned the President criticism from the American media. Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, survived a coup that ...
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Still Reflecting on September 11 and Security, by R.D. Davis

New Visions Commentary /
With the murderous destruction of the World Trade Center, many individual freedoms were also destroyed. And many more will inevitably fall. If there's one thing I hate, it's losing my freedom. I personally think I'm more sensitive to this than ...
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Kyoto a No-Go for U.S. Air Force

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 Contents Ask Not What They Do in Their Homes: Using Tobacco in Privacy Ask What They Have Done for Their Country: Robert F. Kennedy v. Bill Buckley Times Change, Part One: Seven Ways to Fix Flying Times Change, Part Two: ...
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Nuclear Power in the Age of Terrorism; Veterans & ANWR

The Relief Report /
Contents: Nuclear Power Plants in the Age of Terrorism: Safer Than Many Think Listen to Veterans on ANWR Nuclear Power Plants in the Age of Terrorism: Safer Than Many Think Anxiety over a potential terrorist attack on a nuclear power ...
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Set a Place for Freedom at Your Thanksgiving Table

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Contents A Place at the Table, a Place in Our Hearts Terrorists and Nuclear Power Plants: How Frightened Should We Be? It Must Have Been a Very Nice Snake Ford Buys the Rope by Which Others May Hang It Speaking ...
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Can Alternative Energy Make Us Less Dependent on Mideast Oil, and Help Win the War?

The Relief Report /
Contents: Time To Quit Trying To Wish Our Way Out of Dependence on Mideast Oil Good News About the Environment: A Review of Bjorn Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist Time To Quit Trying To Wish Our Way Out of Dependence on ...
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Terrorism and Nuclear Power: What are the Risks? by Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford

National Policy Analysis #374 /
Synopsis: In view of how difficult it is to create widespread havoc by attacking nuclear power plants, sophisticated terrorists will not see them as attractive targets. A determined group, however, could cause some disruption and garner a lot of public ...
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National Missile Defense: Learning the Lessons of Pearl Harbor, by Grant Threlfall

National Policy Analysis #377 /
I remember sitting on my grandfather's knee as he told me about Pearl Harbor. In 1941, while war raged elsewhere, America was at peace. Then, from across the sea, an enemy struck our naval base at Pearl Harbor, killing over ...
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They Also Serve: Terrorists Confronted by the Patriotic Fervor of a Free Market

National Policy Analysis #373 /
The terrorists are finding themselves at war with an unexpected foe: the ingenuity and expertise of American businessmen and women. Business is helping the post office respond to the current crises, helping Americans survive anthrax exposure, supplying and improving tools ...
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