Selective Proliferation
By John Isaacs
The U.S.-India nuclear deal, up for potential congressional approval in coming weeks, is championed by a formidable coalition of businesses, foreign policy hawks, and Indian-Americans. But according to many nonproliferation specialists, the deal would make fighting “nuclear terrorism” much more difficult. Read full story.
NEW AND UPDATED RIGHT WEB PROFILES:
I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby
A key neoconservative insider in the Bush administration before being indicted in connection with the PlameGate affair, “Scooter” Libby has found a new home at the rightist Hudson Institute, where he is a senior adviser on Asia and the war on terror.
Carol Adelman
The generous ways of "philanthro-capitalists" are just one reason that the United States doesn't deserve the bad rap it gets for giving low levels of foreign aid, says Adelman, who spearheaded the Hudson Institute's new index on global philanthropy.
Americans for Victory over Terrorism
Created by a William Bennett-led group of neoconservatives and hardline nationalists months after 9/11 to quell opposition to the war on terror, AVOT is now a project of the Claremont Institute, which aims to “restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life.”
1992 Draft Defense Planning Guidance
Widely regarded as an early formulation of the neoconservatives' post-Cold War agenda, the 1992 draft Defense Planning Guidance was crafted by the few neoconservatives in the George Bush Senior administration. Although rejected at the time, the document's ideas about the use of preemptive force and forsaking multilateralism survived to become hallmarks of the administration of George Bush the younger.
Michael Joyce
Michael Joyce, who passed away in early 2006, was once described by neoconservative guru Irving Kristol as the “godfather of modern philanthropy.”
ALSO NEW THIS WEEK ON RIGHT WEB:
In Search of “Plan B”
By Jim Lobe
Even the administration's erstwhile neoconservative supporters have begun to acknowledge that the war in Iraq has gone terribly wrong. Read full story.
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