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· “Taiwan shopping for arms in US,” Asia Times, August 21, 2007, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/IH21Ad01.html.
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· “A new oil crisis? Not so fast, Asia Times, August 9, 2007, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IH09Ak01.html
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· “Shady dealers aim to arm Iraq,” Asia Times,” July 26, 2006, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/HG27Aa01.html.
· “Jaw-Jaw Is Better Than War-War,” Defense News, July 17, 2006, http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=3593&StartRow=1&ListRows=10&appendURL=&Orderby=D.DateLastUpdated&ProgramID=37&from_page=index.cfm
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· More panic please, November 28th, 2007
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Why Aren’t We Panicking?, November 14, 2007
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Avoiding “World War III”, October 29, 2007
Keeping Congress In The Dark, Again, October 22nd, 2007
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Let’s give a shout out to the real WMDs, October 4, 2007
The Iran corollary, October 1, 2007
· Tempest In A Teapot, September 24, 2007
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· Another nice mess, September 10th, 2007
· Who are you going to believe, your eyes or me?, September 10th, 2007
Reality Check, September 4, 2007
Flip Flopper in Chief, August 27, 2007
The only thing we have to fear is a comparison to Vietnam, August 27th, 2007
The surge and “sheer luck”, August 14, 2007
Will the real Bob Gates please stand up?, August 6, 2007
The Dynamic Dunderheads: O’HANLONman and POLLACK, August 1st, 2007
Gingrich got chutzpah, July 30th, 2007
· Another ally heard from, July 23rd, 2007
Feel safer yet? Uh, no, actually, July 18, 2007
Successfully Spinning, July 17th, 2007
That’s a reality, July 9, 2007
“Standing down” or screwing around?, July 3, 2007
Did He Really Say That?, July 2, 2007
Secrecy Means Not Having to Say Youre Sorry, June 29th, 2007
The End is Coming, June 27, 2007
The microdot at the end of the tunnel, June 19, 2007
Truth? We don’t need no stinking truth!, June 18, 2007
· Last Man Standing, June 11th, 2007
The glass is, hopefully, half full, June 4th, 2007
The Second Surge May 22nd, 2007
Newt Gingrich Dreams of Victory, May 21, 2007
So What’s New?, May 18th, 2007
Obama reminds, Giuliani hedges, and Mcain takes a cheap shot, May 14th, 2007
Nuclear energy to the environmental rescue?, May 7, 2007
Recalculating nuclear weapons utility, May 4th, 2007
The Press and Porridge, May 1st, 2007
You want to talk about honor?, April 30, 2007
The Silly Season, April 20, 2007Where’s the progress?, April 16th, 2007
Newt Gingrich: Do as I say, not as I do, April 9th, 2007
You call that a threat? This is a threat, April 9th, 2007
The White House says you can have any color you want, as long as it is desert tan, April 2, 2007
Being A Superpower Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry, March 27, 2007
Sen. Chuck Hagel finds the status quo unacceptable, March 26, 2007
Starting the Fifth Year in Iraq, March 19, 2007
What part of Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution Does Congress Not Understand?, March 14, 2007
When Is a Timetable Not a Timetable?, March 12, 2007
It’s Worse Than We Think: Military Health Care, SNAFU, March 1st, 2007
You can tell things are getting worse in Iraq, February 26th, 2007
Tony Snow Is Correct, Semantically Speaking, February 20, 2007
Would Your Government Lie To You?, February 15, 2007
Feith Based Intelligence, February 12, 2007
What do you give an 800 pound gorilla? Anything it wants, February 6th, 2007
Business As Usual?, February 2nd, 2007
Backtracking on Backbone, January 29th, 2007
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, January 22nd, 2007
Bush admits mistakes, sort of, January 16th, 2007
Look, up in the sky. It’s a surge!, January 10th, 2007
To surge or not to surge?, January 8, 2007
2007: The year Congress gets serious?, January 3rd, 2007
Sometimes a lack of oil is just a lack of oil, December 28, 2006
The ISG Report: Be afraid, be very afraid, December 15th, 2006
What to do? Why leave, of course, December 5th, 2006
Watch the Magician pull a lemon out of his hat, November 21, 2006
Sen. Kerry: Not a comic, but not wrong either, November 8, 200
President Bush, methodology expert? Not!, October 17th, 2006
Cry havoc and let loose the books of war, October 4th, 2006
Iran and the Cult of Bush, September 22, 2006
Banality of evil: The Bush Administration, September 12, 2006
Take My Intelligence Committee, PLEASE, August 30, 2006
Preparation of the Iranian Battlefield, August 18, 2006
Stay the Course in Iraq?, August 8, 2006
And the war just keeps getting worse, July 27th, 2006
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· Heeding the lessons of the past, July 4, 2006
Save the endangered Facts, June 13, 2006
We Don’t Need No Stinking Rhetoric, June 1st, 2006A PMC Caucus: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, 22 May 2006
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· “Indonesia, Russia cozy up over arms sales,” Asia Times, December 2, 2004, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/FL02Ae02.html· The burden of the wounded,” Asia Times, November 25, 2004, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FK25Ak03.html.
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· “Japan eyes eased ban on military exports,” Asia Times, August 4, 2004, http://atimes.com/atimes/Japan/FH04Dh01.html.
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· “NUKES: Is Pandora Chinese?: Part 3: Pointing fingers” Asia Times, June 25, 2004, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/FF25Ad06.html.
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· “NUKES: Is Pandora Chinese?: Part 1: The 'arch-proliferator',” Asia Times, June 23, 2004, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FF23Ad02.html.
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· “Corporate Mercenaries: Part 1: Profit comes with a price,” Asia Times, May 19, 2004, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FE19Ak01.html.
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· “Taiwan poll won't alter China's missile deployment,” Asia Times, March 19, 2004, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/FC19Ad04.html.
· “New thinking on a Greater Chinese Union,” Asia Times, March 9, 2004
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· “A lesson in 'disappearing the dead',” Asia Times, February 27, 2004,
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· “Japan-US not so cozy in the future,” Asia Times, February 18, 2004,
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· “Part 2: Counting the dollars and cents,” Asia Times, February 14, 2004, http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FB14Aa01.html.
· “Part 1 - Starting with a solid base,” Asia Times, February 13, 2004, http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FB13Aa01.html.
· “Sexed up: How London sold its war on Iraq,” Asia Times, January 28, 2004, http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FA28Aa03.html.
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· “The secret world of corporate mercenaries,” Asia Times, December 19, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EL20Aa01.html.
· “The dwindling business of war,” Asia Times, December 16, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EL16Ak05.html.
· “The bad news that just won't go away,” Asia Times, December 12, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EL12Ak01.html.
· “The US military: A creeping civilian mission,” Asia Times, December 5, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EL05Aa03.html.
· “US intelligence under the microscope,” Asia Times, December 2, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EL02Ak01.html.
· “Taiwan's submarine saga continues,” Asia Times, November 21, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/EK21Ad03.html.
· “The truth behind the US's 'Iron Fist',” Asia Times, November 20, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EK20Ak03.html.
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· “US warfare equation 'full of baloney',” Asia Times, October 27, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EJ28Ak03.html.
· “The not-so-friendly reality of US casualties,” Asia Times, October 22, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EJ22Ak01.html.
· “US wounded in the shadows,” Asia Times, October 2, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EJ02Ak01.html.
· “Suicide, the ultimate terror tactic,” Asia Times, September 30, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EI30Aa02.html.
· ”The tangled WMD web,” Asia Times, September 24, 2003, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EI24Ak05.html.
· “Jemaah Islamiya 'damaged but dangerous',” Asia Times, September 4, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EI04Ae03.html.
· “Exploring the roots of radicalism,” Asia Times, August 30, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EH30Aa01.html.
· “The US left picking up the pieces,” Asia Times, August 26, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EH26Ak03.html.
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· “Security for sale,” Asia Times, August 14, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EH14Aa01.html.
· “Iraqi oil revenues not materializing,” Asia Times, August 12, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EH12Ak02.html.
· “Pentagon fires off new China report,” Asia Times, August 5, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/EH05Ad02.html.
· “World's trigger-happy population keeps growing,” Asia Times, July 29, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/EG29Dj01.html.
· “The case for missile defense,” Asia Times, July 24, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/EG24Ad02.html.
· “Asia observers failing to see clearly,” Asia Times, July 4, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/EG04Ad05.html.
· (coauthor) Memorandum from BASIC and Saferworld submitted June 16, 2003 to the UK House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee’s inquiry into ‘The Decision to go to War In Iraq’. Published in volume II of the Committee report, (Written Evidence ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 3 July 2003), http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmfaff/813/813we20.htm.
· “A peep under South Asia's nuclear lid,” Asia Times, July 2, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EG02Df03.html.
· “Report debunks 'China threat',” Asia Times, June 17, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/EF17Ad04.html.
· “The ever-growing US military footprint,” Asia Times, June 10, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF10Ak01.html.
· “India aims high for arms exports,” Asia Times, June 3, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EF03Df08.html.
· “Iraq's special envoy, with a special task,” Asia Times, May 8, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EE08Ak02.html.
· The Hunt for Chemical and Biological Weapons in Iraq, A BASIC Special Briefing, which will be continually updated as events unfold, 30 April 2003, http://www.basicint.org/pubs/HuntforChemWIraq.pdf, (Co-author, with Ian Davis and Paul Ingram)
· “There's no business like security business,” Asia Times, April 30, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED30Ak03.html.
· “Chalabi: with friends like the US ...,” Asia Times, April 25, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED25Ak02.html.
· “Jostling in the rebuilding queue,” Asia Times, April 17, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED17Ak01.html.
· “Iraq's WMD revisited,” Asia Times, April 9, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED09Ak03.html.
· “Iraq's Weapons Come From Many Countries,” Newsday, April 1, 2003,
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpise013200801apr01,0,4456352.story?coll=ny%2Dviewpoints%2Dheadlines.
· “Next up - 'Non-lethal' chemicals that kill,” Asia Times, March 31, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED01Ak02.html.
· US Chemical 'Non-Lethal' Weapons in Iraq: A Violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention?, BASIC Papers, Occasional Papers On International Security Policy, March 2003, Number 44, http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Papers/BP44.htm.
· “Sharing the spoils of war,” Asia Times, March 25, 2003,
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC25Ak04.html.
· “Meanwhile, the business of war continues,” Asia Times, March 21, 2003,
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC21Ak05.html.
· “Short-term gain, long-term pain,” Asia Times, March 18, 2003,
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC18Ak02.html.
· "Dirty Nukes": Threat or Hype?, BASIC NOTES, 14 March 2003, http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Notes/DirtyNukes.htm.
· “Bees swarm around India's honeypot” Asia Times, March 11, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EC11Df01.html.
· by Ian Davis and David Isenberg, Observer Comment Extra: The dirty tricks memo
The long history of UN espionage, The Observer, March 9, 2003
http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,910360,00.html.
· “Did the US use bioweapons in Korea?,” Asia Times, February 13, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EB13Dg03.html.
· “True facts and fallacies,” Asia Times, January 29, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EA29Ak03.html.
· “Apres Saddam, le deluge,” Asia Times, January 28, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EA22Ak01.html.
· Co-author with Roy Ibister “Overview of recent developments in EU and US export controls and of states’s obligations under international law,” pp. 21-25; author, “Development of International Traffic in Arms Regulations,” pp. 30-33; “Liberalization of controls to new allies in the war on terror,” pp. 40-42; and “Preventing dual-use exports of WMD components to ‘rogue states,” pp. 42-43, in EU and US co-operation on arms export controls in a post 9/11 world, Expert roundtable, Washington, DC, 23 January 2003, BASIC, Saferworld, http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Joint/EUUSemReport.pdf.
· “Iraqi oil: One big sticky mess,” Asia Times, January 22, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EA22Ak01.html.
· “Iraq: Thinking through the aftermath,” Asia Times, January 21, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EA21Ak02.html.
· “Pennywise commitment to Arab democracy,” Asia Times, January 9, 2003, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EA09Ak01.html.
· “Security for sale in Afghanistan,” Asia Times, January 4, 2003, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/EA04Ag01.html.
· “When the office is a minefield: Private companies doing larger share of demining activities worldwide,” Canopy, January 2003.
· “Iraqis dream of a return to 'normalcy',” Asia Times, December 24, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DL24Ak01.html.
· “Flawed assumptions on war,” Asia Times, December 14, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DL14Ak02.html.
· “Disclosing the UN spin game,” Asia Times, December 12, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DL12Ak02.html.
· “Quick Reference Guide to Biological Technology Equipment,” December 2002, http://www.basicint.org/nuclear/biological/QRG2BW.htm#Ventilation.
· “Less Talk, More Walk: Strengthening Homeland Security Now,” (Book, 148pp.), December 2002, Center for Defense Information, 148pp.
· “Israel's role in China's new warplane,” Asia Times, December 4, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/DL04Ad01.html.
· “Preemption takes aim at Ukraine and China,” Asia Times, November 30, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DK30Ak01.html.
· “Less Talk, More Walk: Strengthening Homeland Security Now,” (Executive Summary), November 2002, Center for Defense Information, 32pp, http://www.cdi.org/products/talk_walkES.pdf.
· “The hidden costs of war,” Asia Times, November 23, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DK23Ak02.html.
· “Iraqi exiles throwing elbows,” Asia Times, November 19, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DK19Ak02.html.
· “China Buys Russian Vessels To Mount Naval Challenge To U.S.,” Navy News Week, November 18, 2002, Vol. 19, No. 46.
· Ronald Fraser and David Isenberg, “Twenty-five Budgets: An Organizational Scrapbook,” in The Department of Energy: 25 Years of Service, pp. 60-65, 190, Faircount, 2002, http://www.faircount.co.uk/web04/energy/history.html.
· “Groundpounders to the war zone,” Asia Times, November 14, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DK14Ak02.html
· “Navies Overseas: Taiwan Leaders Fight Over Buying Kidd Or Burke Destroyers,” Navy News Week , November 12, 2002, Vol. 19, Number 45.
· “'P2OG' allows Pentagon to fight dirty,” Asia Times Online, November 4, 2002, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DK05Ak02.html.
· “How to beat Iraq without a fight,” Asia Times Online, October 31, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DJ31Ak02.html.
· “Multitude of Databases Complicates Information Sharing,” Center for Defense Information, October 29, 2002, http://cdi.org/terrorism/infosharing.cfm.
· “Iraq? What About Nuclear-Armed North Korea?,” Fox News Channel Views, October 29, 2002, http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,67021,00.html
· “Saddam and the Yugoslav link,” Asia Times Online, October 26, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DJ26Ak01.html.
· “Taiwan: Debate rages over destroyer deal,” Asia Times Online, October 23, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/DJ23Ad04.html.
· “U.S. Cyber Security Strategy: Still Full of Holes,” Center for Defense Information, October 16, 2002, http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/cybersecurity.cfm.
· “Missile tests score high on political front,” Asia Times Online, October 16, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DJ16Df05.html.
· “Taking aim at fears about China,” Asia Times Online, October 12, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/DJ12Ad04.html.
· “Play it again, Uncle Sam,” Asia Times Online, October 5, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DJ05Ak03.html.
· “Preemption meets the map of Asia,” Asia Times Online, October 3, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DJ03Ak02.html.
· “Iraq: Speed of the essence,” Asia Times Online, October 1, 2002,
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DJ01Ak04.html.
· “Improved Intelligence Sharing Is Key to War on Terror,” Center for Defense Information, September 25, 2002, http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/imp-intel.cfm.
· “Keeping the nuclear lid on India, Pakistan,” Asia Times Online, September 26, 2002,
http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI26Df07.html.
· “North Korea's nuke capability,” Asia Times Online, September 24, 2002,
http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DI24Dg05.html.
· “North Korean Air Force looks to Moscow,” Asia Times Online, September 19, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DI19Dg01.html.
· (Sample mini-book chapter for Sept. 11 Military Handbook project, Military Insights) CHAPTER 10: HOMELAND DEFENSE, September 2002.
· “Inside Saddam's security network,” Asia Times Online, September 6, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DI06Ak01.html.
· “Taiwan's air superiority under the gun,” Asia Times Online, September 5, 2002,
http://atimes.com/atimes/China/DI05Ad01.html.
· “By infinite moonlight, US readies for war,” Asia Times Online, August 29, 2002,
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DH29Ak01.html.
· “US Air Force flies into problem in Asia,” Asia Times Online, August 28, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/China/DH28Ad01.html.
· “Agni III: India's fire on the horizon,” Asia Times Online, August 24, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DH24Df03.html.
· “Taiwan frigate scandal refuses to sink,” Asia Times Online, August 21, 2002,
http://atimes.com/atimes/China/DH21Ad02.html.
· “Taiwan defense: Finger on the 'enter' key,” Asia Times Online, August 14, 2002,
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/DH14Ad04.html.
· “Solutions surface for Taiwan sub deal,” Asia Times Online, August 10, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/DH10Ad02.html.
· “Posse Comitatus: Caution Is Necessary,” Center for Defense Information, August 6, 2002, http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/pcomitatus.cfm.
· “Getting Saddam - Part 5: The Aftermath,” Asia Times Online, August 3, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DH03Ak01.html.
· “Getting Saddam - Part 4: Voices of opposition,” Asia Times Online, August 2, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DH02Ak01.html.
· “Getting Saddam: Part 3: Iraq Readies,” Asia Times Online, August 1, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DH01Ak01.html.
· “Getting Saddam: Part 2: Military preparations,” Asia Times Online, July 31, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DG31Ak03.html.
· “Getting Saddam: Part 1: A Plan Is Hatched,”Asia Times Online, July 30, 2002, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DG30Ak01.html.
· “Small arms: Fuel for many fires,” Asia Times Online, July 27, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/DG27Aa01.html.
· “India short of nuclear goals,” Asia Times Online, July 25, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DG25Df05.html.
· “Security report: Caution or confusion?,” Asia Times Online, July 23, 2002,
http://atimes.com/atimes/China/DG23Ad01.html.
· “Securing U.S. Water Supplies,” Center for Defense Information, July 19, 2002, http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/water.cfm.
· “Taiwan: Armed to the teeth,” Asia Times Online, July 19, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/DG19Ad01.html.
· “The Bush Homeland Security Strategy: A Mixed Bag,” Center for Defense Information, July 18, 2002, http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/bushstrategy.cfm.
· “The PLA, the Pentagon, and politics,” Asia Times Online, July 18, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/DG18Ad03.html.
· “Fighter jet scandal rocks Korea,” Asia Times Online, July 16, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DG16Dg01.html.
· “Why the Bush Administration Failed to Transform the U.S. Military,” Foreign Policy Forum, July 11, 2002
http://www.foreignpolicyforum.com/guest.php.
· “Beijing flexes missile muscles,” Asia Times Online, July 10, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/DG10Ad01.html.
· “Peace brokers answer South Asia's call for arms,” Asia Times Online, July 9, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DG09Df03.html.
· “The Real Missile Threat: Cruise Not Ballistic,” Center for Defense Information, July 8, 2002, http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/cruise.cfm.
· “North Korea rolls out new tank,” Asia Times Online, July 6, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DG06Dg01.html.
· “All eyes on Sino-Russian sub deal,” Asia Times Online, July 2, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/DG02Ag02.html.
· “Nuclear Materials: More Control is Vital,” Center for Defense Information, July 1, 2002, http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/nuke-materials-pr.cfm.
· “The Smallpox Threat: ‘Ring’ Vaccination May Not Be Enough,” Center for Defense Information, June 26, 2002, http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/smallpox.cfm.
· “Can Homeland Security Bring Home Security: Analysis of Reorganization,” Center for Defense Information, June 24, 2002, http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/reorganization.cfm.
· “Fighting dirty: Radioactive alert,” Asia Times Online, June 22, 2002, http://www.atimes.com/front/DF22Aa04.html.
· (coauthor with Ivan Eland), Empty Promises: Why the Bush Administration's Half-Hearted Attempts at Defense Reform Have Failed, CATO Institute Policy Analysis, No. 442, June 11, 2002, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa442.pdf, 20pp.
· “Concern Rises Over Potential Use of 'Dirty Nukes',” Homeland Security Monitor, May 29, 2002.
· “The Real Issues with the Intelligence Community,” Homeland Security Monitor, May 23, 2002.
· “Uncertain Costs of Homeland Defense,” Homeland Security Monitor, May 17, 2002.
· Quadrennial Defense Review 2001: Getting Closer, But Still No Cigar,” Chapter 8, pp. 63-71, in Sharpening the Sword: National Security and Military Transformation, Marc Pollak, James Anderson, Stan Coerr and Bryan Cummings, Editors, Project on Innovation & National Security, Council for Emerging National Security Affairs, May, 2002, http://www.censa.net/publications/Sharpening_the_Sword_April02.pdf.
· (coauthor with Ken Silverstein) “Homegrown Horror: The prospects for all-American bioterrorism,” The American Prospect , Volume 13, Issue 1, January 1 - 14 2001, pp. 12-13, http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/1/silverstein-k.html.
· (coauthor with Ken Silverstein) “Political Intelligence,” Mother Jones, January / February 2002, p. 36, http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1329/1_27/81515926/p1/article.jhtml.
· “Is Army Deployability Overemphasized,” Military Review, July-August 2001, pp. 16-17,
http://www-cgsc.army.mil/milrev/English/JulAug01/grange.htm.
· “Guinea Pigs,” [book review of Gassed: British Chemical Warfare Experiments on Humans at Porton Down, Rob Evans, House of Stratus] Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Vol. 57, No. 3, May/June 2001. pp. 72-73.
· [book review of Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein, Andrew Cockburn & Patrick Cockburn, HarperCollins] Middle East Journal, Volume VIII. March 2001, Number 1, pp. 161-163, http://www.mepc.org/journal/0103.html
· "J'accuse in America" [book review of The "Jewish Threat": Anti-Semitic Politics of the U.S. Army, by Joseph W. Bendersky, Intellectualcapitol.com, February 13, 2001, http://www.speakout.com/Content/ICArticle/5639/
· "A Close Examination of Small-Arms Proliferation," [book review of Running Guns: The Global Black Market in Small Arms, edited by Lora Lumpe, Zed Books/St. Martin's Press], The Stars and Stripes, January 29-February 11, 2001, p. 22.
http://www.stripes.com/servlet/News/ViewArticle?articleId=100036606&buildId=100036652
· An Ill-Fated Mismatch, Peacekeeping and the Military: A Catalog of Military Shortcomings In Peace Operations, December 2000, by Military Insights, Lt., Colonel Piers Wood (Ret.) With: David Isenberg, Commander Ronald Fraser (Ret.), Ph. D. (editor) and Lt. Colonel Charles White, USAR, Ph. D.
· “Electronic Pearl Harbor?,” National Security Studies Quarterly, Autumn 2000, Vol. VI, Issue 4, pp. 95-110.
· An Electronic Pearl Harbor? Not Likely," pp. 92-102, in The Information Revolution and National Security,
Thomas E. Copeland, Editor, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, August 2000,
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usassi/ssipubs/pubs2000/inforev/inforev.htm
Please note that in the online version my portion appears on pp. 96-106.
·”Privacy, We Hardly Knew You! Victory [book review of Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century, by Simson Garfinkel, and The Limits of Privacy, by Amitai Etzion], ” Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 5, Issue 26, June 29-July 6, 2000,
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue383/item9694.asp
· "Managing Unintended Consequences" study, Contract Number DASW01-98-D-0041, Task Order No. 99-030-AF-XPXC, Air Force Long-Range Strategic Planning, June 2000
· “Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory [book review of The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Growing Crisis of Global Security, Richard Butler, PublicAffairs, 2000], Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 5, Issue 20, May 18 - 25, 2000, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue375/item9371.asp
· “A Close Examination of UN Peacekeeping Forces,” [book review of Deliver Us From Evil: Peacekeepers, Warlords and a World of Endless Conflict, William Shawcross, Simon & Schuster], The Stars and Stripes, May 17, 2000, http://www.stripes.com/18may00/un.htm
· "Combat for Sale: The New, Post-Cold War Mercenaries," USA Today, March 2000 (Vol. 128, No. 2658) pp. 12-16, http://www.sandline.com/hotlinks/article2.html
· “A Collective Memory” [book review of The Holocaust in American Life, Peter Novick, Houghton Mifflin, 1999], Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 5, Issue 8, February 24-March 1, 2000, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue349/item8283.asp
· Electronic Pearl Harbor? I don’t think so: The only thing we have to fear is bad reporting
Paper prepared for the “The Information Revolution and Threats to Security” panel, 9:00am – 10:30am, December 8, 1999, (Session 5) of the Information Revolution and National Security Conference. Held at the University Club, 123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA. Organized by the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, University of Pittsburgh.
Op-eds based on this paper were subsequently published in:
“A cyber Pearl harbor? More hype than threat?” Journal of Commerce, December 28, 1999
“Cyber-Terror: There is Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself ,” San Francisico Daily Journal, February 1, 2000
“Cyber-Terror: There is Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself ,” Daily Commerce, February 1, 2000
· “Imperial Overreach: Washington’s Dubious Strategy to Overthrow Saddam Hussein,” CATO Institute Policy Analysis, No. 360, November 17, 1999, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-360es.html, 19pp.
· "The Man of La Mancha,” [book review of A Republic, Not An Empire: Reclaiming America's Destiny, Patrick J. Buchanan, Regnery Publishing Inc., 1999], Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 4, Issue 43, October 28 - November 4, 1999, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue314/item7001.asp
· Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Survey of Existing Export Control Practices and Mechanisms, May 1999, (co‑author), 47pp.
· "Have Lawyer, Accountant. and Guns. Will Fight: The New, Post‑Cold War Mercenaries," A paper prepared for the Getting Guns Off the Streets of the Global Village panel (10:30 a.m.
12:15 p.m., February 19, 1999, Embassy Room) of the International Studies Association
Convention (One Field, Many Perspectives: Building the Foundations for Dialogue), February 16‑20, 1999 Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.,
http//www.specialoperations.com/mercenaries/isac.htm
http://www.sandline.com/hotlinks/papers/Isenberg.html
http://www.nvu.edu/qlobalbeat/pubs/lsenberg021999.html
· [Book review] of “Martial Arts America” by Bob Orlando, February 1999
http://www.orlandokuntao.com/maa_reviews.html
· [Book review] of "Russia in the World Arms Trade," International Politics, Vol. 35, No. 4, December 1998, pp. 538‑539.
· "Land‑mine Ban: Epic Achievement or Inflated Hype?," [book review of To Walk Without Fear: The Global Movement to Ban Landmines, Maxwell A. Cameron, Robert J. Lawson and Brian W. Tomlinson, editors, Oxford University Press, 1998], Intellectualcapitol.com,Vol.3, Issue 49 December 10 ‑ 16, 1998.
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/bibliotech/rev‑121098.asp
· "Infowar or Infobabble," [book review of "In Athena's Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age," John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt, Editors, RAND,1997],
Intellectualcapitol.com,Vol.3, Issue 39 October 1 ‑ 7, 1998,
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/bibliotech/rev‑100l98.asp
· "The Quadrennial Defense Review: Reiterating the Tired Status Quo," Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 317, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa‑317es.html, September 17, 1998
· "Questioning the Nixon Doctrine," [book review of "Spoils of War: The Human Costs of America's Arms Trade," by John Tirman], IntellectualCapitol.com, Vol. 2, Issue 45, November 13‑19 1997
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/bibliotech/rev‑111397.html
· Soldiers of Fortune Ltd.: A Profile of Today's Private Sector Corporate Mercenary Firms, Center for Defense Information Monograph, November 1997,
http://www.cdi.org/issues/mercenaries
· Section on "Transparency in Armaments and Conventional Arms Control," (pp. 98‑105) in "Arms Control and Disarmament" Chapter II, (coauthor), in A Global Agenda: Issues Before the 52nd General Assembly of the United Nations. 1997‑1998, United Nations Association of the United States of America/Rowman & Littlefield, July 1997.
· "The Last Gentleman Spy," [book review of A Spy for All Seasons: My Life in the CIA by Duane R. Clarridge] in IntellectualCapital.com, Vol. 2, Issue 20, May 15‑31, 1997,
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/bibliotech/rev‑051597.html
· "The Great Military Readiness Crisis Fraud: Did the Pentagon cry wolf to boost its budget appropriations?," USA Today, March 1997, pp. 10‑13.
· "Pentagon Pork," Chapter 8, in Cato Handbook For Congress: 104th Congress, CATO Institute, Washington, D.C., 1997, pp. 117‑124, 1995,
http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb105‑8.html.
· "Computer: Access the Arms Sales Database" Internet Information: Doing Better With What We Have, Paper presented at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Workshop on "Common databases in the field of International Relations and Security, Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 7‑8, 1997, http://www.sipri.se/workshop/Isenberg.pdf.
· "Controlling U.S. Arms Sales," Foreign Policy In Focus, Vol. 1, No. 4, November 1996, Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) and Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), 4pp.
http://www.foreignpolicy‑infocus.org/briefs/vol1/arms.html Subsequently republished in the book Global Focus: A New Foreign Policy Agenda 19971998, published by IRC and IPS, 1997.
· Chapter 2, "Arms Control and Disarmament" (co‑author) (wrote sections on "Chemical and Biological Weapons" and "Transparency in Armaments and Conventional Arms," pp. 96‑103) in A Global Agenda: Issues Before The 51st Special General Assembly of the United Nations, A Publication of the United Nations Association of the United States of America, 1996‑1997 Edition.
· Postpone the Next Nuclear Aircraft Carrier, Entry in 1996 TOP TEN AND DIRTY DOZEN, Military Spending Working Group, Spring 1996, At
http://www.fas.org/pub/gen/mswg/msbb96/dd08cvn.htm
· The Misleading Military "Readiness Crisis,” Foreign Policy Briefing Paper No. 35, July 25, 1995, CATO Institute, Washington, D.C., 18pp.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb‑035.html
· "The Central Intelligence Agency," Chapter 34, in The Cato Handbook For Congress: 104th Congress, CATO Institute, Washington, D.C., 1995, pp. 299‑305, 1995.
· "Desert Storm II: Is A New Persian Gulf War on the Horizon?," USA TODAY, September 1994, pp. 12‑14.
· The Pentagon's Fraudulent Bottom Up Review, Policy Analysis No. 206, April 21, 1994, CATO Institute, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa‑206.html
· "Arms Makers Without a Cold War," (Book Review), Arms Control Today, November 1993, Vol. 23, #9.
· "Desert Storm Redux?," Middle East Journal, Vol. 47, No. 3, Summer 1993, pp. 429‑443.
· "The Evolving Arms Trade: Behind the 'Merchants of Death'," Arms Control Today, November 1992, V. 22, No. 9
· "Post‑Game Analysis," (Book Review), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November 1992, Vol. 48, No. 9
· "Militarizing the Drug War," Covert Action Information Bulletin, Fall 1992, No. 42
· "Special Forces: Shock Troops for the New World Order," Middle East Report, No. 177, Vol. 22, No. 4, July/August 1992
· The Sins of Security Assistance, Foreign Policy Briefing Paper No. 18, February 27, 1992, CATO Institute, http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb‑018.html
· The Illusion of Power: Aircraft Carriers and U.S. Military Strategy, CATO Institute, Policy Analysis #134, June 8, 1990,
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pal34.html
· "The Army VS Cocaine," Old Oregon, Spring/Summer 1990
· The Pitfalls of U.S. Covert Operations, CATO Institute, Policy Analysis #118, April 7, 1989, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/PA118.HTM
· "The Reagan Doctrine: Why a Good Offense is Not The Best Defense," in Collective Defense or Strategic Independence?, Lexington Books, 1989
· "The Perils of Procurement," Arms Control Today, November 1988
· Missing the Point: Why the Reforms of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Won't Improve U.S. Defense Policy, CATO Institute, Policy Analysis #100, Feb. 29, 1988, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa100.html
· The Rapid Deployment Force: The Few, The Futile, The Expendable, CATO Institute, Policy Analysis #44, November 8, 1984, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa044.html
· U.S. Plans for Reconstituting the United States Federal Government After Nuclear Attack
Pacific Northwest Research Center, Eugene, OR, July 16, 1984
Occasional contributor to USA TODAY magazine.
Defense Monitors
· The Invisible Soldiers: Child Combatants, Vol. 26, No. 4, July 1997,
Center for Defense Information, July 1997,
http://www.cdi.org/dm/1997/issue4
· Landmines: The Real Weapons of Mass Destruction, Vol. 25, No. 5, July 1996
· Far Flung Frontiers of Security: The Clinton Administration's Two‑War Strategy,
Vol. 24, No. 1, 1995
· Ending the Cold War: Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam,
Defense Monitor, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1994 (Contributor)
http://www.cdi.org/issues/cuba/cubamon.html
· America's Military Role in the New World Order: Have Guns, Will Travel,
Defense Monitor, Vol. 22, No. 7, 1993
· The Pentagon's War on Drugs: The Ultimate Bad Trip,
Defense Monitor, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1992
· We Arm the World: U.S. is Number One Weapons Dealer,
Defense Monitor, Vol. 20, No 4, 1991
· U.S. Invasion of Iraq: Appraising the Option,
Defense Monitor, V. 19, No. 8, 1990
· U.S. Bases in the Philippines: Unneeded at Any Price,
Defense Monitor, Vol. 19, #5, 1990
· Wasteful Weapons,
Defense Monitor, Vol. 18, #7, 1989
Television Scripts
Conflict Inc.: Selling the Arts of War, 12/7197,
http://www.cdi.org/adm/Transcripts/1113
Child Soldiers: Invisible Combatants, 6129197,
http://www.cdi.org/adm/Transcripts/1042,
(Contributor, based in large part on my "The Invisible Soldiers: Child Combatants" Defense Monitor,
Modern American Patriot: Sen. Mark Hatfield, 3/16/97,
http://www.cdi.org/adm/transcripts/1027
Non‑Lethal Weapons: War Without Death?, 8/27/95,
http://www.cdi.org/adm/Transcripts/850
Readv or Not? American Combat Readiness, 3/19/95,
http://www.cdi.ora/adm/Transcripts/827
Killing Fields: The Legacy of Landmines, 6/5/94 (***),
http://www.cdi.org/adm/Transcripts/738
Black Market Arms Sales, 3/20/94, (****),
http://www.cdi.org/adrn/Transcripts/727
The U.S. and U.N. in Somalia, 12/12/93 (***),
http://www cdi.org/adm/Transcripts/7l3
Arms Merchant For the World, 5/30/93,
http://www.cdi.org/adm/Transcripts/637/index.html
War in the Middle East: Desert Storm II?,
3/7/93 (* * *),
http://www.cdi.org/adm/Transcripts/625
The National Security Council, 10/11/92 (****),
http://www.cdi.org/adm/Transcripts/604
The Commander‑in‑Chief, 5/31/92,
http://www.cdi org/adm/Transcripts/537
U.S. Elite Forces, 11/17/91,
http://www.cdi.org/adm/Transcripts/509/
America's Arms Sales, 8/4/91 (***)
The Panama Invasion Revisited: Lessons for Today, 1/20/91 (***)
The U.S. Military in Korea and the Philippines, 8126190, (co‑writer)
Can the Military Fight the War on Drugs?, 6/10/90
Buying Weapons, 2/25/90 (***)
The Politics of Military Spending, 1/21/90
Ratings from Video Rating Guide for Libraries, ABC‑CLIO *** = Good, recommended **** = Highly recommended; a good buy for libraries
Question of the Week (CDI Radio Series, partial listing)
"What does the future hold for the Persian Gulf ?" January 6 1998,
http://www.edi.org/radio/transcripts/403.html
"What Happens Now in the Campaign to Rid the World of Landmines?", December 10, 1997, http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/399.html
"Who is producing weapons of mass destruction?", November 26, 1997, http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcript.s/396.html
"What is the impact of arms sales offset agreements?", October 23, 1997, http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/392.html
"Which war has produced the most American casualties?," October 1, 1997, http://www.cdi.orgJradio/transcripts/388.html
"What is the real U.S. policy toward Africa? ," September 16, 1997,
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/387.html
"Who is the world's biggest arms dealer?," August 20, 1997,
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/383.html
"Why is the Clinton Administration abandoning a 20‑year old policy of restraint with regard to weapons sales to Latin America?" August 4, 1997,
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/381.html
"Who is the world's biggest arms dealer?" 8/20/97,
http://www.cdi.ora/radio/transcripts/383.html
"Why did an American soldier kill a U.S. citizen?" 7/23/97,
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/378.html
"How effective was the U.S. air campaign against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm," 7/8/97,
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/376.html
"How do you drive the military‑industrial complex into a frenzy?" 6/11/97, http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/372.html
"What is the most ridiculous excuse you can think of for maintaining the current U.S. military establishment?" 5/27/97,
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/370.html
"What Should Congress Seek in a New Director of Central Intelligence?," 5/12/97, http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/369.html
"Is the United States helping to create an arms race in Latin America?," 4/15/97, http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/364.html
"Who are you going to call when you can't afford your own military to fight a war for you?," 4/1/97,
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/363.html
"How Many Bureaucrats Can Classify Something Top Secret?," 3/18/97
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/361.html
"What happened to the Clinton Administration's resolve to negotiate a global treaty to ban antipersonnel landmines?" 1/21/97
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/353.html
"Who is killing the world's children?" 1/9/97
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/350.html
"Who is arming the architects of genocide ?" 11/25/96
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/345.html
"Does the United States really face a ballistic missile threat?" 10/1/96
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/338.html
"Who decided it was the sole responsibility of the United States to protect and preserve other governments?" 10/1/96,
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/337.html
"What good are CIA‑sponsored covert operations ?" 09/17/96
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/334.html
"Should U.S. airline passengers worry about attacks from surface‑to‑air missiles?" 08/20/96,
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/331.html
"How effective are high‑tech weapons?" 07/23/96
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/327.html
"How much corporate welfare is the American taxpayer providing arms dealers?" 07/10/96,
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/325.html
"How many weapons does the United States GIVE away?" 06/26/96
http://www.cdi.orc/radio/transcripts/323.html
"What is the impact of offset agreements on U.S. arms transfers?" 06/11/96 http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/320.html
"Will the real gunrunner providing weapons to the American public please stand up?" 05129196,
http://www.cdi.orc/radio/transcripts/319.html
"Does the U.S. military really need landmines to carry out its mission?" 04/16/96 http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/313.html
"How are the children of the world being affected by war?" 01/10/96
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/299.html
"Why should U.S. taxpayers subsidize military contractors to export weapons?" 8/23/95 http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/279.html
Weekly Defense Monitor articles
Let the Marketplace Prevail. Yeah, Right!, January 15 1998,
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/Issue02.html
Small Arms, Deadly Results, January 8 1998
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/issue0l.html
Should We Be Afraid? Yes!, December 4,1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/ 1997/Issue20
From Warfighting to Peacekeeping: An Unbridgeable Divide?, November 20 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/1997/Issue19/index.html
Can Iraq Shoot Down a U‑2?, November 13, 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/1997/Issue18/index.html
Iraq Against The World ‑‑ Take 50+, November 6, 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/l997/Issue17/index.html
If at First You Don't Succeed, Fail, Fail Again, October 23, 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/1997/Issue15/index.html
The Wide World of Military Spending and Arms Sales, October 9 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/1997/Issue13/index.html
The War at Home, October 2 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/1997/Issue12/index.html
The Stinger that keeps on Stinging, September 25 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/ 1997/Issuell/index.html#2
Calling All ".mil" Websurfing Junkies, September 4 1997,
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/1997/Issue8/index.html
Show Me the Medals: "...and this one is for remembering to breathe,
August 28 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/ 1997/lssue7/index.html#1
The World's Leading Arms Dealer—Again, August 21, 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/1997/Issue6/index.html
Brave New Bio‑Wars, August 14, 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/1997/Issue5/index.html
It's Getting More Dangerous Out There, August 7 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/1997/Issue4/index.html
Arms Trade Code of Conduct Introduced in the Senate, July 31 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weeklv/1997/lssue3/index.html
Why did an American soldier kill a U.S. citizen?, July 24 1997
http://www.cdi.org/weekly/1997/Issue2/index.html
How effective was the U.S. air campaign against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm?, July 17 1997
http://www.cdi.org/radio/transcripts/376.html
Op‑Ed
· The long history of UN espionage, The Observer, March 9, 2003, http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,910360,00.html, Ian Davis and David Isenberg
· “Moscow Deaths Illustrate `Non-Lethal’ Danger,” Defense News, January 6, 2002, p. 21.
· “Regulated Private Military Firms Have a Role,” Defense News, March 11-17, 2002, P. 13, http://www.iansa.org/news/2002/march2002/pmc_role11302.htm.
· “Transformation, Jointness Take U.S. Army on Different Paths,” Defense News, May 21, 2001, pp. 15, 17.
· “Welcome to the Postmodern Warfare Era,” Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 5,Issue 40 October 30- November 6, 2000,
http://intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue408/item10488.asp
·”The U.S. Military: Ready or Not, Here They Come,” Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 5, October 2-9, 2000
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue404/item10416.asp
·”Take the Dogs of War, Please!,” Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 5, Issue 24, June 15-22, 2000,
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue383/item9694.asp
· "Biting the Bullet, Blue-Ribbon Panel Style” Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 5, Issue 19, May 11-18, 2000, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue373/item9298.asp
· "Allied Force or Allied Farce?,” Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 5, Issue 12, March 23-30, 2000, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue357/item8864.asp
· “Electronic Pearl Harbor? More Hype Than Threat,” CATO’s Today’s Commentary, January 3, 2000,
http://www.cato.org/dailys/01-03-00a.html
· "A Cumbersome Gap,” Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 4, Issue 49, December 9 - 16, 1999, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue328/item7549.asp
· “A Rush to Deployment”, " Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 4, Issue 38, September 23-30, 1999,
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue304/item6569.asp
· “Spinning the World,” CATO’s Today’s Commentary, September 23, 1999
http://www.cato.org/dailys/09-23-99.html
· “Wild over Wicca,” GlobalBeat Syndicate, August 16, 1999,
http://www.nyu.edu/globalbeat/syndicate/Isenberg081699.html
· “The Other Bloated Educational Bureaucracy”, !" Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 4, Issue 27, July 8‑15, 1999,
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue255/item5655.asp
· “Farewell to Arms? Forget about It!”, !" Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 4, Issue 18, May 6‑13, 1999, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue228/item4350.asp
· "What, Me Worry? You Bet!" Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 4, Issue 12, March 25‑April 1, 1999, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/issue189/item2666.asp
· "Invasion of the 'Experts'," Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 4, Issue 4, January 28, 1999, http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/99/0128/icworldl.asp
· "Urban Warfare, Military Style!" Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 3, Issue 46, November 19‑25, 1998, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/98/1119/icworldl.asp
· "The New Mercenaries," Christian Science Monitor, October 13, 1998,
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1 998/10/l 3/fpl9s1‑csm.html.
· "Lions, Tigers and Missiles, Oh My!" Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 3, Issue 35, September 3‑9 1998 http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/98/0903/iccon.asp
· "The Real Child Killers." Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 3, Issue 3O, July 30‑August 5, 1998, http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/98/0730/icworldl.asp
· "The Real Intelligence Failure." Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 3, Issue 24, June 18‑24, 1998, http://www.intellectua]capital.com/issues/98/0618/iccon.asp
·"Much Ado About Nothing," Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 3, Issue 19, May 14, 1998,
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/98/0514/icworldl.asp
· "Free and Unfettered Access? Not in This Lifetime!," Intellectualcapitol.com, Vol. 3, Issue 10,
March 5‑11, 1998,
http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/98/0305/icworld2.asp
· "Devising an Uncertain Strategy," Intellectual Capital.com, January 22, 1998, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/98/0122/iCworld2.asp.
· "US Lauds, but Thwarts, Diana's Call for mine Ban," Christian Science Monitor, September 10, 1997, p. 19., http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/09/10/opin/opin.1.html
·"A Lack of Leadership on National Security," Intellectual Capital.com, May 29, 1997, http://www.intellectualcapitol.com/issues/97/0529/iccon.asp
· "We Arm the World: Clinton's Policy on Weapons Sales Feeds the Industry‑‑and Our Foes,"
Washington Post, February 18, 1996, p. C5
· "Stop 'covert' foreign policy, [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, June 28, 1989
· "Reagan Doctrine doesn't work," [Eugene, OR], Register‑Guard, August 26, 1987, p.llA
· "Disinformation in our Own Back Yard," [American Univ.], The Eagle, October 27, 1986
· "Deal Al: 'America needs its villains alive'," [Univ. Of Oregon], Oregon Commentator, April 30, 1984
· "Reagan's action on draft questioned," [Eugene, OR], Eugene Register Guard, January 21, 1983
Letters to the Editor
· “Pork-barrel projects jumped,” USA Today, August 16, 2006, http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2006-08-15-injured-vets-letters_x.htm.
· “Waging War With Private Forces,” New York Times, May 22, 2006
· “Iranian Options,” Defense News, March 6, 2006, P. 28.
· “World War IV,” Commentary, May 2005, Vol. 199, No.5, pp. 9-10.
· “David Isenberg responds” [response to November 5 letter to the editor by Jonathan Garratt of Erinys],
Asia Times, November 6, 2004, http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FK06Aa01.html
· “We’ll Always Have Cipro,” Harper’s Magazine, September 2004, pp. 7, 98.
· “An Appeal About Anonymous Sources,” Washington Post, November 8, 2003, p. A25.
·”Supremacy by Stealth, The Atlantic Monthly, October 2003, p. 14.
· “Biological Threats,” The Times (UK), July 9, 2003, ttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-739470,00.html.
· “Dr. Strangelove Is Living in the White House,” Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2003,
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-dahl28jan28,0,7434510.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dcomment%2Dletters
· “Chemical calmatives just aren't safe,” The Baltimore Sun, December 14, 2002, p. 14A.
· “Moscow proved calmatives risky,” Toronto Star, November 23, 2002, p. H07.
· “Peace Is Hell,” Atlantic Monthly, January 2002, p. 10.
· "Casualties of War," Washington City Paper, April 16, 1999, p. 4.
· "Awards system debased," Army Times, September 29, 1997, p. 30.
· "Military Preparedness," Commentary, September 1997, pp. 3‑4., http://www.commentarymagazine.com/9709/9709.letters.html
· "Will banning land mines put U.S. soldiers at a disadvantage?,"Washington Times, July 25, 1997, p. A20.
· "We Need a Land‑Mine Ban," Washington Post, July 17, 1997, p. A18.
· "Done Deal," Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, July/August 1997, p. 59.
· "U.S. has No Grounds to Start Latin Arms Race," New York Times, April 11, 1997, p. A36.
· "Defense," Commentarv, February 1997, pp. 3‑4, http://www.commentarymagazine.com/9702/febletters.html
· "Enough Already," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 76, No. 1, January/February 1997, p. 170.
· "Fighting Form," Washington Post Magazine, November 24, 1996, p. 6.
· "The Landmine Threat," Marine Corps Gazette, October 1996, p. 17.
· "Bad Timing," Defense News, July 29‑August 4, 1996, p. 38.
· "Mindless Modernizing," New York Times, July 14, 1996, [Week in Review, Section], p. 16.
· Nonlethal Weapons, Issues in Science and Technoloey, Vol. 12, No. 3, Spring 1996, pp. 15‑16.
· "Just the Status Quo on Land Mines," The Washington Post, March 2, 1996, p. A20
· "Those Government Guys Are Sharp," Men's Health, March 1996
· "How Military Contractors Increase Profit," The New York Times, January 24, 1996, p. A18.
· "A Readiness Herring," Foreign Affairs, January/February 1996, p. 173.
· "Laughable Loans," Defense News, October 9‑15, 1995, p. 24.
· "We're Still No. 1," The New York Times," August 13, 1995.
· " Nonlethal' Weapons Can Kill You Too," The New York Times, May 17, 1995, p. A18.
· "Settled on Offsets," Defense News, May 1‑7, 1995, p. 24.
· "Spies Like Us," Mother Jones, March/April 1995, p. 14.
· "Small Is Lethal," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 73, No. 5, September/October 1994, pp.
180‑181.
· "Mine Confusion," Defense News, September 5‑11, 1994, p. 42.
· "North Korea: The Ambiguity Card," The Washington Post, June 24, 1994, p. A16.
· Middle East Journal, Vol. 48, No. 1, Winter 1994, p. 188.
· "Outlaw Those Blind, Deadly Land Mines," The New York Times, January 23, 1994, p. A16.
· "Okinawa" Atlantic, December 1993, p. 17.
· "Billions and Billions," Washington City Paper, May 28, 1993, p. 3
· "Jeremiad," Old Oregon, Winter, 1990, p. 3.
· "He Didn't Help Vietnam Vets," Washington Post, January 26, 1989.
· "Fiscal Restraint," Defense News, July 11, 1988, p. 26.
· "Pacifists Strike Back," The American Spectator, June 1988.
· "Movie Review Lacks Insight, [American University, Washington, DC] The Eagle,
February 8, 1988, p. 6.
· "Secrecy Abounds," Defense News, January 8, 1988, p. 23.
· "Films & Review Can't Depict War," The Eagle, [American Univ.], Oct. 12, 1987
· "A Tactical Error," Arms Control Today, July/August 1987
· "Welcome It," The Eagle, [American Univ.], March 30, 1987
· Commentary, March 1987
· "Not So Easily Impressed," The Eagle, [American Univ.], March 2, 1987.
· "Racial Foreign Policies," The Eagle, [American Univ.], Jan. 26, 1987.
· "A Timewarped View of Militarism," The Eagle, [American Univ.], Nov. 24, 1986
· "Disinformation in Our Own Backyard," The Eagle, [American Univ.] Oct. 27, 1986
· "An agreeable Debate?," [American University] The Eagle, [American Univ.] Sep.
29, 1986
· "Same mentality, but with different lyrics,"[NJ] Courier‑News. May 2, 1985
· "Too many convenient excuses for condoning S. African rule," [NJ] New Brunswick
Home News, September 19, 1985
· "Test ban would benefit U.S.," [NJ] New Brunswick Home News, June 3, 1986
· Common Cause Magazine, January/February 1986
· "Chance for test ban spurned," [NJ] New Brunswick Home News, April 22, 1986
· "Contras: A policy of terror," [NJ] New Brunswick Home News, March 16, 1986
· "Anti‑Soviet films have virtue, [NJ] New Brunswick Home News, January 24, 1986
· "A blind eye to refugees?," [NJ] New Brunswick Home News, November 17, 1985
· Commentary, January 1985, Vol. 79, No. 1
· "Mushrooming?," [Univ. Of Oregon] Daily Emerald, August 2, 1984
· "Smear tactics," [Eugene, OR], Register‑Guard, August 1, 1984
· "Smear tactics," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, July 6, 1984
· "Arms and blarney,"[Eugene, OR], Register Guard, June 9, 1984
· "Disinformation," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, May 21, 1984
· "Don't Feel Bad,"[Univ. Of Oregon] Oregon Commentator, April 30, 1984
· "Congratulates," [Univ. Of Oregon] Daily Emerald, April 30, 1984,
· "Instructive figures," [Eugene, OR], Register‑Guard, April 19, 1984
· "LaRouche," and "New Idea," [Univ. Of Oregon] Oregon Commentator, April 2,
1984
· "Meditations in Green," [Eugene, OR] What’s Happening, March 29, 1984
· "Charges unproved," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, March 20, 1984
· "Alive, well," [Univ. Of Oregon] Daily Emerald, February 16, 1984
· "Bigotry lives," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, February 6, 1984
· "Reagan 'thanked' for his '84 deeds," [Springfield, OR] The Springfield News,
January 24, 1984
· "Olympian idea," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, January 20, 1984
· "Political posturing," [Univ. Of Oregon] The Commentator, January 16, 1984
· "Wobbly Song," [Univ. Of Oregon] Daily Emerald, January_1984
· "Peace Studies," [Univ. Of Oregon] Off The Record, January 1984
· "1984 alive," [Univ. Of Oregon] Daily Emerald, December 2, 1983
· "Business as usual," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, December 1, 1983
· "Posturing upsets," [Portland, OR], The Oregonian, December 24, 1983
· "ROTC should stay," [Portland, OR], Oregonian, November 21, 1983
· "Candid candidate," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, November 9, 1983
· "Ominous," [Univ. Of Oregon] Daily Emerald, November 8, 1983
· "1,000 days," [Univ. Of Oregon] Daily Emerald, October 27, 1983
· "Deep Cuts," [Portland, OR], Oregonian, October 25, 1983
· "A word to local Democratic Party," [Springfield, OR], Springfield News, October
20, 1983
· "Breakup will hurt," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, October 12, 1983
· "Double Standard," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, September 21, 1983
· "Refugees here now," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, August 21, 1983
· "No propaganda," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, July 30, 1983
· "Vietnam Revisited," [Eugene, OR Vet Center Newsletter] Post Fatigue Chronicle,,
April 1993
· "Convincing," [Univ. Of Oregon] Daily Emerald, January 7, 1983
· "Irony collection," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, December 13, 1982
· "Commissioners 'stuck it to us'," [Springfield, OR], Springfield News, December 2,
1982
· "Pentagon's price," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, November 5, 1982
· "Peter DeFazio deserves votes," [Springfield, OR], Springfield News," October 21,
1982
· "Think it's bad here? Then try Eugene," [Springfield, OR], Springfield News,
October 12, 1982
· "Shame, blame rest on U.S. for holding war trials,"[Portland, OR], Oregonian, Sep.
30, 1982
· "Agent Orange study sloth not surprising," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, October
5, 1982
· The unforgiving," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, August 17, 1982
· "Successful program," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, July 12, 1982
· "Noble intent," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, June 9, 1982
· "Without reason," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, April 15, 1982
· "Survival tip," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, March 22, 1982
· "Reactionary VFW," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, February 19, 1982
· "Conference," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, February 19, 1982
· "Registration," Daily Emerald, January 15, 1982
· "Different signal," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, January 14, 1982
· "How true?," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, December 13, 1981
· "Disinformation," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, November 10, 1981
· "Life Beyond Challah,"[Eugene, OR] Willamette Valley Observer, October 29,
1981
· "Philosophy bared," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, October 27, 1981
· "Fa la la la," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, Oct. 26, 1981
· "Another menace?," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, August 21, 1981
· "Militarily consistent," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, July 30, 1981
· "Liveable,?," [Eugene, OR], Willamette Valley Observer, July 16, 1981
· "Prize winner," [Eugene, OR], Register‑Guard, July 11, 1981
· "No help," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, June 3, 1981
· "Hypocrisy," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald," Oct. 22, 1981
· "Arson," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, October 15, 1981
· "Double‑speak,"[Eugene,OR], Register Guard, September27,1981
· "Draft doctors?," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, May 27, 1981
· "Same old tactics," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, May 9, 1981
· "Naming Names," [Eugene, OR] Willamette Valley Observer, May 7, 1981
· "Ignorance is bliss," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, April 13, 1981
· "Draft loopholes," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, April 1, 1981
· "Recruiting scheme," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, Dec. 6, 1980
· "PR and the VA," [Eugene, OR] Willamette Valley Observer," Dec. 25, 1980
· "What's in store," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, Jan. 12, 1981
· "Under attack," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, Feb. 6, 1981
· "Disinformation plot," [Eugene, OR], Register‑Guard, Feb. 6, 1981
· "Mounting the Presidency," [Eugene, OR], Willamette Valley Observer, Jan. 29, 1981
· "Symbol of concern," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, March 8, 1981
· "Wrong war, wrong place," [Univ. Of Oregon], Old Oregon, December 1980
· "Big Mistake," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, Nov. 13, 1980
· "Economic order," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, October 21, 1980
· "The good old days," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, October 1, 1980
· "NEST attack," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald October 1980
· "Hard to be hopeful," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, September 8, 1980
· "Monumental hypocrite," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, August 24, 1980
· "Another phony gap," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, August 5, 1980
· "On poison gas," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, July 22, 1980
· "Uncaring," [Eugene, OR], Willamette Valley Observer, July 17, 1980
· "The DI Is Cast," [Eugene, OR], Willamette Valley Observer, July 9, 1980
· "Export Reactions," [Eugene, OR], Willamette Valley Observer, July 3, 1980
· "Pregnant sailors," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, July 1, 1980
· "War plans update," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, June 23rd, 1980,
· War wondering," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, May 29, 1980
· "War getting closer," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, May 21, 1980
· "Wrong but consistent," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, April 14, 1980
· "How come?," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, April 4, 1980
· "Who's he hearing?," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, March 6, 1980
· "Veterans threatened," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, Feb. 6, 1980
· "Rape figures," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, Jan. 31, 1980
· "Ask questions," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, Jan. 30, 1980
· "The impostor," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, Dec. 27, 1979
· "Learn from the Past," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, December 6, 1979
· "Veterans' bill," [Eugene, OR], Register Guard, Nov. 12, 1979,
· "Camelot Lost," [Eugene, OR], Willamette Valley Observer, November 9, 1979
· "Draft unsolved," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, Oct. 3, 1979
· "Draft plans alive," [Eugene, OR] Register Guard, August 13 or 14, 1979
· "Give real reasons,"[Portland, OR], The Oregonian, May 7, 1979
· "'Death Wish'," [Univ. Of Oregon], Daily Emerald, May 2, 1979
· "Gas and Hot Air Can Cause Drafts," [Eugene, OR] Willamette Valley Observer, March 23, 1979
· [Metuchen, NJ High School] Bulldog's Bark' Dec. 22, 1972
· "Clothes make the man?," [Metuchen, NJ] Recorder, Dec. 20, 1972
Public Speaking & Testifying
· November 15, 2007, Film Screening: Force Provision, Wechsler Theater, 3rd Fl., Mary Graydon Center, American University, Screening followed by a panel discussion with: Rebecca DeWinter, of Amnesty International, Doug Brooks, of International Peace Operations Association, David Isenberg, of British American Security Information Council, Tommy Ross, Legislative Assistant for US Representative David Price.
· November 15, 2007, participant in one day unclassified, off-the-record conference The Future of the Global Private Security Market, sponsored by the Directorate of Intelligence, Office of Transational Issues, CIA at SAIC campus in Tyson’s Corner. Conference explored how the global private security market might evolve in the near term-looking three to five years out.
· Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI): Three Years On, Transcript of a roundtable discussion organized by BASIC, At the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C, 25 September 2006
Session 1-The Role of Interdiction in the 21st Century
David ISENBERG, Senior Analyst, BASICRichard A. LOVE, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of WMD, National Defense University, http://basicint.org/nuclear/counterproliferation/roundtable.htm
· Putting Round Pegs into Square Holes: US Government Oversight and Regulation of Private Military and Security Contractors, 31st October 4.30-6.00pm at the Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London N1 6HT hosted by the British American Security Information Council.
· “Putting round pegs into square holes: U.S. government oversight and regulation of private military and security contractors,” Regulating Private Military and Security Companies panel (14:00 – 15:30), Friday, October 27, 2006, 7th Annual International Security Forum (ISF) 26-28 October, New Risks and Threats: The Challenge of Securing State and Society, Kongresshaus Zurich Switzerland, http://www.basicint.org/pubs/2006PMC-Zurichpres.htm.
· 0915-1030, Session 1—The Role of Interdiction in the 21st Century, David Isenberg, Senior Analyst, BASIC and Richard A. Love, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of WMD, National Defense University at The Proliferation Security Initiative: Three Years On, A roundtable discussion organized by the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), September 25, 2006, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW - Washington D.C. 20036. (I organized this event).
· Panelist at Capitol Hill Screening of Shadow Company documentary, Capitol Building – Mansfield Room S207, June 23, 2006.
· Understanding the Privatization of National Security conference. Sponsored by the McCormick Tribune Conference Series and the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security, May 11-12, 2006 at the McCormick Tribune Foundation’s Cantigny Estate in Wheaton, Illinois.
· Conference on the Regulation of Private Military Companies, Institute for International Law and Justice, New York University School of Law, D’Agostino Hall, Lipton Hall, 108 West 3rd Street, NY, NY
March 24, 2006.
· February 10. 2006. The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown: PMCs in Iraq, Presentation by David Isenberg, Senior Analyst, BASIC at the "Guns 'n gates: The role of private security actors in armed violence" Cost Action 25 Working Group 3 Bonn Germany February 9-10, 2006.
· “The US Bioterrorism Response,” at the Threat of Bio-Terrorism: Information Tools for First-Responders, A half-day roundtable for civil emergency planners and first responders, 17 January 2005 (13.30 -17.30) January 17, 2005, Committee Room 1, City Hall, Southbank, London
· July 1 and 2, Seminar on “Privatisation of Warfare,” Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Cligendael Institute, June 2 2004, http://www.ikv.nl/detail_page.phtml?&publish=Y&text05=&text01=&categories=ikv&lang=nl&text10=privatisering
· NGO access scholarship to participate in OSS ’04, April 12-17, 2004, http://www.oss.net/extra/page/?action=page_show&id=102&module_instance=4.
· Security Operations in the Energy Industry: “A long roe to hoe”, (Power Point Presentation) and Reducing Vulnerabilities in the US Energy Sector: Back to the Future with President Carter’s Energy Policy, Discussion Paper by David Isenberg (Senior Analyst, BASIC) and Dr. Ian Davis (Director, BASIC), Conference on Energy Security, Sponsored by SMI, The Hatton, London, October 9, 2003.
· Private Military Firms: Myths and Missions: Security for a New Century, Joint Special Operations Intermediate Seminar, Joint Special Operations University, Hurlburt Field, FL, May 8th, 2001.
· “Private Military Companies,” July 19th, 2000, Voice of America, Talk to America program, http://www.voa.gov/talk/.
· “Privatizing Peacekeeping?,” June 12, 2000. A radical solution is being proposed to get round the problems faced by the United Nations when it tries to raise an effective peacekeeping force for the world's troublespots. FSN's Georgina Cooper reports on a controversial suggestion.
· What Should The United States Do about Saddam Hussein? (1 of 3 panelists), CATO Policy Forum, March 14, 2000, The Cato Institute, http://www.cato.org/events/000314pf.html· CNN International, November 6, 1997, to discuss "Soldiers of Fortune Ltd." report.
· Should Land Mines Be Banned?, (1 of 4 panelists) CATO Policy Forum, October 29, 1997.
· The Military and the War on Drugs, Presentation to The Militarization of Drug Enforcement: Policy Track Workshop, llth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform, Drug Policy Foundation, New Orleans, LA, October 18, 1997
· Landmine Disinformation: Myths of Military Utility, Presentation to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus Hearing "Land Mines‑The Deadly Legacy Of Armed Conflicts," September 23rd, 1997, At
http://mail2.cdi.org: 80/archives/armstrade/sep/0263.html
· Presentation at the Capitol Hill screening of Child Soldiers: Invisible Combatants, sponsored by the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and the Center for Defense Information, July 18, 1997.
Professional Associations
Member, Defense Trade Advisory Group. U.S. State Department, 2004-2006.
Member, Council for Emerging National Security Affairs (CENSA), www.censa.net, February 20, 2001
Adjunct scholar at the CATO Institute, October 1999
Associate fellow at the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, March 2000
Advisor on international security issues to The World (one‑ hour daily radio international news journal produced by BBC World Service, Public Radio International and WGBH Boston)
Media Appearances
· October 23, 2007, one of five discussants on “Privatizing War” segment on “The Agenda With Steve Paikin,” TV Ontario, http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=7&bpn=779047&ts=2007-10-23%2020:00:15.0, http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/tvoutils/globalfiles/VideoPop.cfm?spot_id=3229&sitefolder=theagenda
· October 18, 2007, Interview with Al Jazeera (English) re PMC industry.
· October 8, 2007, Prerecorded interview on Al Jazeera (English) network re PMC in Iraq.
· October 4, 2007, Interview on (primary) Al Jazeera network (simultaneously translated at their end) re FBI investigation into Blackwater and Rep. Price legislation on MEJA.
· October 2, 2007, Interview on Al Jazeera re Oct. 2 congressional hearing on Blackwater.
· September 17, 2007, Interview on Al Jazeera re shooting of Iraqis by Blackwater contractors.
· September 3, 2007, Interview on Al Jazeera re British withdrawal from Basrah and Bush visit to Iraq.
· August 6, 2007, Interview on Al Jazeera re the recent U.S. Government Accountability Office report about the 190,000 U.S. weapons shipped to Iraq that are unaccounted for, http://youtube.com/watch?v=4pnE-X-Uh8k.
· July 29, 2007, Interview on Al Jazeera International (English) In the Washington bureau re claims of success for the U.S. military surge in Iraq, http://youtube.com/watch?v=o7QfUDM3-BM.
· March 19, 2007, The Bev Smith Show, American Urban Radio Network, 8:05 PM ET, The Effect of Iraq and Afghanistan on Military Forces, Budgets, and Plans.
· March 9, 2007, Viewpoints, w/Jean Dean, WRVC, (ESPN Radio 930) http://www.wrvc.com re homeland security, threat reduction, Iran.
· March 9, 2007, Allman & Smash, 97.1 FM, St. Louis, http://www.971talk.com/MorningShow/index.aspx
8:30 - David Isenberg, research fellow at the Independent Institute and senior research analyst at the British American Security Information Council will join us to talk about President Bush's $481.4B defense budget request.
· March 5, 2007, Host: Steve Breyman, “On the Barricades”, WRPI-FM, Troy, NY, 91.5, Length of Segment: 30 minutes, Iran and Possible US Attack, Time of interview 10:30 am, ET.
· March 4, 2007, interview with George Maurer, WKIZ, http://www.justgeorgemaurer.com/, Key West, Florida, Frequency: 1500 AM & webcast, http:///www.wkizradio.com, Length of Segment: 30 minutes
Topic: Military Spending and the Defense Budget, Sunday, 5:04 pm ET
· March 1, 2007, The Roundtable, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Hosts: Susan Arbetter and Joe Donahue. WAMC/NorthEast Public Radio is a regional public network serving parts of seven northeastern states, including New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania.
· Feb. 25, 2007, Al Jazeera (English), re intelligence on Iran
· Feb. 23, 2007, American AM talk show (Bradenton, FL), Host: Henry Raines, half hour, 08330-0900, www.1490wwpr.com, americanam.com, (http://americanam.podOmatic.com/entry/2007-02-24T13_44_45-08_00).
· February 22, 2007, The Phil Cowan Show (NewsTalk 1530 KFBK/Talk 650 KSTE Sacramento, Ca) 2:05pm-2:25pm ET (11:05-11:25am PT), Format: live, Guest: David Isenberg, Host: Phil Cowan
· February 21, 2007, Free Speech Radio News, Did over the phone interview with Leann Caldwell of Pacifica Radio re Security Council Resolution deadline 1736 on Iranian nuclear program. http://www.fsrn.org/news/20070221_news.html.
· February 21, 2007, The Roger Gray Show (KTBB-AM) (Tyler, TX) , half hour, 1000-1030.
· Feb. 21, 2007, Al Jazeera (English) TV, 4:00pm EST, on the British decision to withdraw troops from Iraq, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHZEPW7Th1Y.
· February 21, 2007, Free Speech Radio News, Tensions Escalate Between US and Iran (4:00)Tensions between the US and Iran have intensified. The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to report that Iran has not suspended its nuclear program, despite a United Nations imposed deadline. FSRN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell has more, http://www.fsrn.org/news/20070221_news.html. My comments start about 14.20.
· The Roger Gray Show (KTBB-AM) (Tyler, TX), 10:00 AM EST, 30 minutes live re QDR paper, http://www.ktbb.com/audio/rgwed2.mp3.
· February 8, 2007, Midday Utah [KCPW-AM], Time: 11:40am ET, Format: 20 minutes duration, Host: Blair Feulner.
· Feb. 7, 2007, The Charles Goyette Show [KFNX, Phoenix], 8:05-8:25 AM ET,
http://homepage.mac.com/dave_lucas/.Public/davidisenberg020707.mp3.
· Feb. 6, 2007, ABC Radio News.
· Feb. 5, 2007, State of Nevada [KNPR-FM].
· Feb 5, 2007, Baton Rouge's Morning News (WJBO-AM, Baton Rouge) Matt Kennedy & Kevin Meeks, 7:40 AM
· Feb. 5, 2007, Daybreak USA (nationally syndicated, USA RADIO NETWORK),
· Feb. 5, 2007, Al Franken show, Air America, on Budgeting for Empire report
· Feb. 5, 2007, Marc Bernier Show, Daytona Beach, FL, on Budgeting for Empire report, http://www.marcberniershow.com/audio/audio_player.cfm?id=340
· Feb. 5, 2007, Baton Rouge's Morning News (WJBO-AM, Baton Rouge), on Budgeting for Empire report
· Feb. 5, 2007, Daybreak USA (nationally syndicated, USA RADIO NETWORK), on Budgeting for Empire report
· February 4, 2007, Al Jazeera, Washington, re opposition to military action against Iran, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kevWnZScdM.
· October 30, 2006, Al Jazeera, London, talking about PSI exercise in the Arabian Gulf.
· December 2, 2005, Ben Merens Show, Ideas Network, Wisconsin Public Radio, Friday, at 4:00 PM
http://www.wpr.org/webcasting/ideas_audioarchives.cfm?Code=bme. Re US Army officers have been paying Iraqi journalists to report positive news stories about American military operations and the war in Iraq.
· August 23, 2005 MSNBC Connections with Ronald Reagan Jr. And Monica Crowley re Iranian nuclear program.
· April 17, 2005, Sheila Hairston Say It Loud, WILD, Boston, MA, Conventional and Small Arms Trade: Selling Fighter Jets and Weapons to Unstable Countries, 30 minutes
· April 13, 2005, George Wilson AM Show, WKLA, Ludington, MI, 1450 AM, Conventional and Small Arms Trade: Selling Fighter Jets to Unstable Countries, 15 minutes
· March 22, 2005, ChinaEU Stalls on Lifting Arms Ban, Interview with Chicago Public Radio re the EU arms ban on China at the below site. Scroll down to the segments for March 22 and click on the audio link besides the title. It is the last one under the 22nd. http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/wv_ramar05.asp#23
· February 25, 2005, C-SPAN, Washington Journal with Brian Lamb, re U.S. arms sales, http://www.c-span.org/search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&BasicQueryText=david+isenberg
· October 19, 2004, WTOP-AM, START: 29.04, Teased Segment - Iraq. The British American Security Information Council says 20,000 private military and security company employees are in Iraq because the US military has downsized. Interview - David Isenberg, spokesman, says you don't have the needed forces for stability and security operations. Chas. Henry reporting. END: 29.51
· October 14, 2004, did over the phone radio interview re PMC report w/Chas Henry, nationalsecurity correspondent at radio station WTOP re PMCs in Iraq.
· May 11, 2004, Jane Silk, Host, News You Can Use, Radio America Network, NationalLength of Segment: app. 5-10 minutes, Topic: Report by General Taguba & His Senate Testimony Today
· May 8, 2004, CNN International, torture scandal in Iraq.
· May 7, 2004, WWPR, with Henry Raines, Bradenton, FL (South Tampa Bay), 1490 AM, 20-30 minutes, Iraq and PMCs.
· May 5, 2004, KXCI, 91.3, Tuscon, AZ with David Yerkey, host of A View From Slightly Off Center, www.kxci.com re PMCs in Iraq.
· May 5, 2004, Jean Dean, WRVC, Huntington, W. VA, re PMCs in IraqIraq
· May 5, 2004, A half hour interview with NPR affiliate FM radio station KPCC, 89.3, AirTalk program (http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/, host is Larry Mantle), Pasadena, CA covering the Los Angeles basin area, including Orange and Ventura counties re PMCs in Iraq.
· May 4, 2004, Voice of America, Talk to America radio show, re PMCs in Iraq, http://www.voanews.com/TalkToAmerica/article.cfm?objectID=C982813D-6CD9-40D6-861E25CFE8343B6E&title=Tuesday%2C%20May%204%3A%20Iraq%20Update.
· May 3, 2004, Don Burnelle, WOON AM, Woonsocket, RI, 1240, Military Alternatives and Privatized Military Companies.
· April 28, 2004, The World Today, Islamic Broadcasting Network, re Iraq.
· April 23, 2004, Truth From The Source with Dr. Ann West, KKCR FM, Hanalei, HI, 90.9, Military Alternatives and Privatized Military Companies.
· April 22, 2004, Richard Kaffenberger Show, KZZZ-AM, Bullhead City, AZ, 1490, Length of Segment: 30 minutes, Topic: Private Military Companies, 1030.
· April 21, 2004 Brian Shields, “VoxPop”, WAMC-FM, Albany, NY, 90.3, 1 hour, War without End Concerns of the Troops.
· April 21, 2004, Troy Derengowski, WHON AM, Richmond, IN, 930, 20 minutes, Military Alternatives and Privatized Military Companies.
· April 15, 2004, Chris Kellog in Missouri (KFRU and KLIK) re Iraq and PMCs.
· April 14, 2004, Mike Thornton, “KVMR’s Public Planet”, KVMR-FM, Nevada City, CA, 89.5, War without End Mercenaries and Private Armies, 20 Minutes.
· April 12, 2004, KGO Afternoon News, KGO-AM, San Francisco, CA, 810 Am, Hostages in Iraq, Length of Segment: 5 minutes.
· April 1, 2004 The Midday Show with Bernie Spigner, WCTC re attacks against US contractor personnel in Fallujah, Iraq.
· March 23, 2004, Jane Silk, host of “News You Can Use”, Radio America Network re arms sales and the war on terror.
· March 23, 2004,The World Today, Islamic Broadcasting Network re Richard Clarke and Iraq.
· March 17, 2004 Participant in discussion on Radio 786, Primetalk, South Africa, Capetown, South Africa, www.radio786.co.za re South African/Equitorial Guinea/Zimbawe situation.
· March 10, 2004, CNN, “Thwarted Coup in Africa,” on mercenaries in Africa.
· February 28, 2004, CBC Newsworld (Canada) at the national Press Club re espionage at the UN.
· February 4, 2004, TV interview with Kate Wheeler of CTV News of Canada re Iraq intelligence inquiries/commissions.
· February 2, 2004, WCTC-AM, NJ, Bernard Spigner Show on Iraq re Iraq intelligence.
· January 27, 2007, radio interview with the Islamic Broadcasting Network Iraq Today show re “Unravelling The Knowns From The Unknowns"-The Lack Of Weapons Of Mass Destuction In Iraq.
· January 22, 2004, iraq Today radio program, Islamic Broadcasting Network re Iraq weapons search.
· January 8, 2004, radio interview with the Islamic Broadcasting Network Iraq Today show.
· December 15, 2003, WCTC-AM, NJ, Bernard Spigner Show on Iraq.
· November 24, 2003, radio interview re Iraq with the Islamic Broadcasting Network Iraq Today show, http://www.ibn.net/page.asp?pg=iraqtoday.
· November 18, 2003, WCTC-AM, NJ, Bernard Spigner Show on Iraq.
· November 17, 2003, TV Interview with Abu Dhabi TV re Bush visit to UK.
· October 27, 2003, radio interview with the Islamic Broadcasting Network Iraq Today show, http://www.ibn.net/page.asp?pg=iraqtoday.
· October 23, 2003, interview with With KOMA News (AM) radio ( http://www.komanews.com ) in Oklahoma City, OK re homeland security, land and sea border issues.
· September 11, 2003, Islamic Broadcasting Network, Iraq.
· August 20, 2003, Voice of America Talk To America ( http://www.voanews.com/talktoamerica/ ) re the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad. Guests: Kirk Troy - VOA, Baghdad; Salameh Nematt
· August 6, 2003 , Voice of America Talk To America ( http://www.voanews.com/talktoamerica/ ) re the situation in Iraq.
· April 29, 2003, Islamic Broadcasting Network, Weapons Of Mass Destruction In Iraq, http://www.ibn.net/programs/counterpoint.asp.
· April 25, 2003, Voice of America, Talk to America, re search for chemical and biological weapons in Iraq and recent Washington Post stories re South African Project Coast.
· Week of April 1 - 7, 2003, Explorations in Science radio program with Dr. Michio Kaku, “Is the War On Iraq Getting Into a Quagmire? Pentagon Generals Are 'Shocked & Awed' By Effectiveness of Regular And Paramilitary Forces. How Decisive Is High Technology Anyway? How Effective is the Patriot Missile Against a Cruise Missile Attack And A Attack Against ICBMs?,” http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/kakuorder/mkaku_april03.php#april1.
· February 5, 2003, "The World Today" on the BBC World Service re Colin Powell’s presentation to the UN Security Council.
· March 25, 2003, interview with WCTC, NJ; and KPFK, Pacifica radio ( http://www.kpfk.org/ ), in Los Angeles, re Iraq.
· March 24, 2003, Islamic Broadcasting Network, re Iraq.
· March 20, 2003, WJR, (760 AM) News Talk with Warren Pierce, re Iraq.
· March 12, 2003, Interview with Verna Avery Brown of Peacewatch, Pacifica Radio re Tony Blair and UK gov’t re Rumsfeld’s remark that US foces might go it alone without the British, http://www.pacifica.org/programs/peacewatch.
· February 27, 2002, KEYS, Corpus Christi, Texas, (361-560-5397), RE: An overview of the types of training exercises commonly performed by the military in light of the shooting death of a soldier in North Carolina. Length: Appx 15 minutes.
· February 17, 2003, London, UK, CNBC TV, re Iraq
· February 6, 2003, - Live radio in interview re Iraq and Colin Powell's UN presentation with Bernie Spigner of WCTC, 1450 AM, Radio, http://www.wctcam.com/personality.asp?hostname=Bernard%20Spigner
· January 21, 2003, Voice of America, Talk to America, re Vozrozhdeniye Island, Russian BW testing site http://voa-8.chntva1-dc1.genuity.net/TalkToAmerica/article.cfm?objectID=BF6BF828-996B-4B65-A1DDE0A38DEE475D&Title=Anthrax%20Islands%20%2D%20January%2021
· January 15, 2003, Pacifica Peacewatch, re buildup of military forces for war on Iraq, http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/peacewatch/ ), Show will subequently be saved in their archive
(http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/peacewatch/archive.html ).
· December 19, 2002, BBC World Service News at One, Inspections in Iraq
· November 1, 2001, Merrill Piepkorn, KCND, Bismarck, North Dakota and the six other stations in the Prairie Public Radio Group, 90.5 FM, 45 minutes.
· October 18, 2001, WCTC-AM, NJ, Bernard Spigner Show
· October 18, 2001, WWTL-AM 700/Islamic Broadasting Network
· October 18, 2001, The Long and Short of It with Ellen Ratner and Jim Pinkerton, Talk Radio News Service
http://www.collegemedianews.com/upload/ellenwithjim.ram (Real Audio format)
· October 17, 2001 Troy Derengowski, WHON-AM, 930, Richmond, IN, 20-25 minutes
· October 15, 2001, Jason Jarvis Show
· September 13, 2001 WCTC-AM, NJ, Bernard Spigner Show
· September 13, 2001 Barbara Klein, Voice of America Newshour
· September 18, 2001, WCTC-AM, NJ, Bernard Spigner Show
· October 11, 2001 Richard Kaffenberger, KZZZ, Bullhead City, AZ
· October 10, 2001 Bill Mazer Show, WRTN & 1 other station, 20-25 minutes
· October 8, 2001, WTVN, 610 AM, Bob Connors Show, 5-7 minutes
· October 8, 2001, WCTC-AM, NJ, Bernard Spigner Show
· October 5, 2001, Mary Beth Dixon & Bill James, KNUS, 710 AM, 4 minutes
· October 4, 2001 WTMJ, 620 AM, Mark Reardon Show, 20-25 minutes
· October 2, 2001, WLKK-AM (1400), Erie, PA, Jeff Johns
