Foreign and Domestic Affairs

Index

National Security Strategy of the USA ( 367 k)
National Strategy for homeland security (July 2002) ( 2,8 mb)
Homeland Security Book — Securing the Homeland, Strengthening the Nation ( 906 k)
National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction ( 423 k)

• Iran
  • The Coming Wars  (Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker 24.01.2005)
• Iraq
  • Why Europe Is Wary of War in Iraq  (Michael Naumann, NYT 18.02.2002)
  • Myth America 2002 (NYT 08.07.02)
  • Cheney speaks at VFW 103rd National Convention (26.08.02)
  • Cheney honors Veterans of Korean War (29.08.02)
  • Confronting Anti-American Grievances (Zbigniew Brzezinski, NYT 01.09.02)
  • Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz — Interview with Thelma LeBrecht, Associated Press, (10.09.02)
  • Securing Freedom's Triumph (George W. Bush, NYT, 11.09.02)
  • When force is considered, there is no substitute for legitimacy provided (Kofi Annan, 12.09.02)
  • George W. Bush — Remarks at the United Nations General Assembly (12.09.02)
  • Richard N. Haass , Director, Policy Planning Staff — Remarks to International Institute for Strategic Studies' 2002 Annual Conference, London (13.09.02)
  • George W. Bush — President Calls on Congress to Act on Nation's Priorities (23.09.02)
  • Moves by Germany to Mend Relations Rebuffed by Bush (NYT, 23.09.02)
  • George W. Bush — President Urges Congress to Pass Iraq Resolution Promptly (24.09.02)
  • Ari Fleischer — Press Briefing (25.09.02)
  • A Decade of Deception and Defiance Saddam Hussein's Defiance of the United Nations ( 65 k)
  • No More Bratwurst! (NYT, 25.09.02)
  • Why Iraq Can't Be Deterred (NYT, 26.09.02)
  • Dr. Condoleezza Rice — Remarks to the Manhattan Institute's Wriston Lecture (01.10.02)
  • Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq (02.10.02)
  • Who Says We Never Strike First? (NYT, 04.10.02)
  • Henry J. Hyde — Before the U.S. House of Representatives (08.10.02)
    • H. J. RES. 114, Resolution: Authorization for the use of force against Iraq ( 47,5 k)
    • Report by Mr. Hyde together with dissenting views to accompany resolution H.J.Res. 114 ( 830,5 k)
  • President Signs Iraq Resolution (16.10.2002)
  • 'In Material Breach' (NYT, 28.10.02)
  • Colin Powell — Remarks With German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer After Their Meeting, Oct. 30, 2002
  • George W. Bush — Remarks at Indiana Welcome (31.10.02)
  • George W. Bush — Remarks at West Virginia Welcome (31.10.02)
  • Security Council unanimously adopting resolution 1441 (2002)
  • NATO Backs Bush on Iraq but Germans Oppose War (NYT 22.11.02)
  • The Selective Conscience (NYT 14.12.02)
  • A Song of Themselves (NYT 08.02.03)
  • Iraq's weapons of mass destruction—The assessment of the British government ( 439 k)
  • Briefing of the Security Council by Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix (14.02.03)
  • Schroeder Doesn't Speak for All Germans (A. Merkel in der Washington Post, 20.02.03)
  • President Says Saddam Hussein Must Leave Iraq Within 48 Hours (17.03.03)
  • A Letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush on the Eve of War (17.03.03)
  • World Leaders Express Applause, Regret and Anger (Reuters, 20.03.03)
  • Michael Moore: My Oscar "Backlash": "Stupid White Men" Back At #1, "Bowling" (07.04.03)
  • Powell: CBS Interview (22.04.03)
  • Illegal Aliens Can Be Held Indefinitely, Ashcroft Says (NYT, 26.04.03)
  • Powell: ZDF Interview (16.05.03)
  • Rumsfeld: On the capture of Saddam Hussein (14.12.03)
  • The Interrogation Documents: Debating U.S. Policy and Methods (The National Security Archive)
  • Dec 2, 2002 - Memo from the Department of Defense summarizing approved methods of interrogation, with annotation from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ( 799 k)
• Middle East
  • Moral Duty, National Interest (Zbigniew Brzezinski, NYT 07.04.02)
  • The Way Forward in the Middle East (Ariel Sharon, NYT 09.06.02)
  • Losing Our Best Allies in the War on Terror (Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, NYT 20.08.02)
• Cuba
  • The USA and Cuba
• Vietnam
  • The Vietnam War
• International Court
  • Collateral Costs in Fighting a New Court (Paddy Ashdown, NYT 02.07.02)
  • Internationaler Gerichtshof (NYT, 21.08.2001)
  • The United States and the International Criminal Court — John R. Bolton, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security (16.09.02)
  • Europeans to Exempt U.S. From War Court (NYT, 01.10.02)
  • U.S. Presses for Total Exemption From War Crimes Court — (NYT, 09.10.02)
  • American Justice and the International Criminal Court — John R. Bolton, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security (03.11.03)
• World Conference against Racism ...
• Kangaroo Courts  (NYT, 26.11.2001)
• Office of Strategic Mendacity  (NYT, 20.02.2002)
• Nuclear Disarmamant
  • Toward True Security: A US Nuclear Posture for the Next Decade
  • Text of Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (24.05.02)
• 9/11 Lesson Plan (Thomas L. Friedman, NYT 04.09.02)
• The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Guatemala 1954
  • ICRC Report on the Treatment of Fourteen "High Value Detainees" in CIA Custody (Guantanamo) - February 2007