Israel and the Iron Dome System: A Lesson for the United States By Baker Spring and Michaela Bendikova The Heritage Foundation Since Israel deployed its new Iron Dome artillery and rocket interceptor system in April, it successfully used it to shoot down Hamas Grad rockets. The Israeli experience with Iron Dome shows that the criterion of cost effectiveness [...]
The U.S. Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister By Bruce Klingner and Derek Scissors, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation As dependable as the tide, a new prime minister has washed ashore in Japan. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is the latest iteration of what has become an annual ritual of Japanese leadership change. [...]
The Case for Comprehensive Missile Defense in Asia By Bruce Klingner The Heritage Foundation Abstract: The United States and its allies are at risk of missile attack from a growing number of states and nonstate terrorist organizations. This growing threat is particularly clear in East Asia, where diplomacy has failed to stop North [...]
China’s Space Program: A Growing Factor in U.S. Security Planning By Dean Cheng The Heritage Foundation Abstract: In recent years, China has made great strides in its space program. Growing Chinese counterspace capabilities are beginning to threaten U.S. space superiority and therefore the ability of the U.S. to support its friends and allies and to [...]
Talks about Talking Okay, but the Ball Is in Pyongyang’s Court By Bruce Klingner The Heritage Foundation Surprise meetings between North and South Korean nuclear negotiators this weekend and Washington’s subsequent invitation to Pyongyang for bilateral talks in New York are significant for their occurrence. However, it is premature to see them as a breakthrough [...]
Japan Risks Irrelevancy In Asia By Bruce Klingner The Heritage Foundation Japan’s international influence and relevance are diminishing due to a faltering economy, national indecisiveness, and constrained security policies. The current trajectory of Japan’s future is disheartening, with little reason for optimism of a change in course. This disturbing trend long predates the election of [...]
The Role of the United States in Southern Sudan’s Referendum By Morgan Roach and Ray Walser, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation On January 9, southern Sudanese voted for their independence from the government in Khartoum. In the days leading up to the referendum, the international community feared delay, bloodshed, or the complete breakdown of the peace [...]
Hamas Is a Threat to Peace, Despite Propaganda Claims By Sally McNamara and James Phillips The Heritage Foundation Criticism of Israel’s May 31 interception of an “aid” flotilla has prompted a misguided call from the European Union for “an urgent and fundamental change of policy” to allow for the unconditional opening of Gaza border crossings.[1] [...]
Time for America to Get Cyber-Serious By Paul Rosenzweig and James Carafano, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation The online threats facing America read like an ever-expanding encyclopedia of dangers to the freedoms, prosperity, and security of all Americans. Cybersecurity has become a crucial component of national security. Responses to cyber threats, however, have [...]
China and Cybersecurity: Trojan Chips and U.S.–Chinese Relations By Dean Cheng and Derek Scissors, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation One subject of the third round of the U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue will be cybersecurity. Part of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’s proposed Strategic Security Dialogue, it reflects the growing prominence of cybersecurity in Sino-American strategic relations. [...]
