The Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy - FPIF
OneWorld recommends this FPIF article: "A militarized foreign policy offers Americans a country on a perpetual war footing, but not one that is more secure," concludes analyst Mel Goodman, describing the transfer of foreign policy decisionmaking from the State Department to the Pentagon under the Bush administration. Goodman recommends a shift to diplomacy, intelligence, and arms control as the cornerstones of American foreign policymaking.
President Announces New Measures to Counter the Threat of WMD - White House
Remarks by the President on Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation at Fort McNair, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
Bush Proposes Fuel Ban to End Spread of A-Bombs - NYT
Declaring that terrorists with deadly unconventional weapons pose "the greatest threat to mankind," President Bush announced a new proposal today to limit the number of nations allowed to produce nuclear fuel.
Bush: WMD greatest threat to humanity - CNN
President Bush on Wednesday called for new international efforts to combat the spread of nuclear and other weapons technology, warning that the potential of attacks using weapons of mass destruction was "the greatest threat before humanity today."
A Democratic World - The New Yorker
There is a worldwide struggle, he [Senator Joseph Biden] explained, between the values of liberal democracy and the destructive ideologies that fester with dictatorship, misery, and humiliation; in this struggle, America needs to expand the conditions for democracy in the most concrete ways, with serious commitments of energy and resources, or risk greater instability. After September 11th, this insight became a matter of urgent national security.
Candidates assess US role in world - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
From Howard Dean's early rise to John Kerry's late comeback, foreign policy has loomed large in the Democratic race for president.
