Author Archives: Lexington Institute
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The Army’s Organic Industrial Base: What is the Future for Depots and Arsenals?
February 1, 2005- Lexington Institute Research Study It may come as a surprise to many Americans that the U.S. Army owns — and in some cases operates — a number of industrial facilities employing nearly 20,000 people. Largely a legacy of World War II, this [Read More...] -
The Ukrainian Question: The Kiev Accord
December 13, 2004- Lexington Institute Issue Brief The outcome of the events in the Ukraine is of profound consequence. The Ukraine has been the front line for Imperial Russia, then Soviet Russia, and now (adjective currently in the process of being defined) Russia. The Ukraine [Read More...] -
Issue #13 De-Dollarization
September 29, 2004- Lexington Institute For Cuba, it seems that the dollar may be more trouble than it’s worth. Soon, greenbacks will not be accepted in hotels, restaurants, gas stations, or any other commercial outlet in Cuba. Cuba is not abandoning its dual economy where [Read More...] -
Return to Crawford: Assessing Cambone’s Crystal Ball
August 11, 2004- Lexington Institute Issue Brief On August 23, the Defense Department’s Under Secretary for Intelligence, Stephen Cambone, will brief President Bush on military transformation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. This isn’t the first time Dr. Cambone has journeyed to Crawford to give [Read More...] -
Why Raptor? – The Logic of Buying the World’s Best Fighter
July 15, 2004- Lexington Institute Research Study The U.S. Air Force has developed a replacement for its top-of-the-line F-15 fighter called the F/A-22 Raptor. Raptor flew for the first time in 1997 and is now entering high-rate production. This study explains the missions that Raptor [Read More...] -
Issue #12 “Transition” in Detail
June 13, 2004- Lexington Institute In the Library of Congress there are thick, yellowing volumes whose brittle pages show how the United States governed Cuba a century ago. These annual reports of the U.S. Army officers who were the military governors of Cuba seem to [Read More...] -
Chinese Military : An Emerging Maritime Challenge
May 30, 2004- Lexington Institute Research Study Official American attitudes toward China in recent years have varied from benevolent to suspicious to guardedly hopeful. Some of the variance is due to a lack of knowledge: much of China’s decisionmaking process remains hidden to the outside [Read More...] -
Issue #11 Dieting for Democracy
May 6, 2004- Lexington Institute Depending on the outcome of a debate that President Bush may settle as soon as today, Cuban families themselves may be targeted, and their welfare harmed, by new measures that would prevent Cuban Americans from sending money to help their [Read More...] -
America’s Best Allies In The Arabian Gulf
March 17, 2004- Lexington Institute Issue Brief America’s victory over Iraq did much more than reconfirm its global military supremacy. That victory has decisively transformed the Persian Gulf’s security dynamics and Washington’s relationship with its allies there. The United States has greatly downgraded its overall [Read More...] -
Citizen-Soldiers and Homeland Security: A Strategic Assessment
March 1, 2004- Lexington Institute Research Study The Department of Defense expects that the National Guard will provide the preponderance of its support to homeland security. Lessons learned from the opening phase of the war on global terrorism also leave no question but that the [Read More...]