Foreign Policy News Clips: Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Editor's Note | I. Bush Administration | II. Political Parties | III. The Search for the 'Vision Thing' | IV. The Price of Leadership | V. Military Budgets and Peace Dividends | VI. Force Structures
"Similarly, the Pentagon should shield its future -- research and development, purchase of new technology equipment, an essential cadre of officers, skilled enlisted personnel -- from the budgetary ax. Funds to pay for active-duty, junior enlisted manpower and to maintain the day to day 'readiness' of the armed forces should be trimmed. These latter categories account for well over 40% of total military outlays, certainly more than the impending defense cuts."
Edward N. Luttwak, Los Angeles Times,12/03/89, p. A7
"The changed international political environment suggest a reduced active-duty force structure with more emphasis on reserves; retention of a high degree of readiness for strategic, forward-deployed and quick-reaction forces but reduced readiness, for the rest; full sustainability for ready forces, and a change in emphasis on modernization to ensure that the technology of systems will be available a decade from now."
Harold Brown, Los Angeles Times,11/26/89 p. M7
"Yes, Secretary Cheney is correct when he says that real changes are taking place. They produce both opportunity and danger. If Washington responds intelligently and positively with well-planned reductions, we can guide and shape those changes to our benefit and save $100 billion a year in the process. Continuing to waste money on unneeded weapons will only add to the national debt, weaken our economy and reduce long-term national security."
Eugene J. Carroll Jr. Los Angeles Times, 12/10/89, p M7.
"With the Cold War won, there are dangers to avoid. First, we must resist the temptation to replace the Cold War with an ideological crusade in the Third World... The second danger is a return to isolationism...
"The end of the Cold War means that defending U.S. interest will be easier, but it does not mean that these interests have vanished or that our international responsibilities have ended. "
Stephen M. Walt Los Angeles Times 11/298/89, p. B7
"Forty and more years of vested intellectual interest and bureaucratic commitment are involved and so, also, are deep political resistance and a massive and widely distributed economic reward. The temptation, in consequence, will be to say, in the face of great change, that nothing has changed and to invent and depict the requisite enemy. "
John Kenneth Galbraith, New York Times 11/22/89, p. A19
"Politicians and pundits warn that the major cuts now planned for the Pentagon budget will damage U.S. security unless they are guided by a clear strategy. A strategy sets priorities among the country's political interests. What are our interests today and what is their priority?"
Barry R. Posen, Los Angeles Times 1/5/90, p. A19
Editor's Note | I. Bush Administration | II. Political Parties | III. The Search for the 'Vision Thing' | IV. The Price of Leadership | V. Military Budgets and Peace Dividends | VI. Force Structures
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