➪ HTML by Carl Conetta, editor, Project on Defense Alternatives Resource Compilation. Updated: 23 September 2013. A Selection of Critical Views & Proposals: ● War or diplomacy? ● Intelligence ● International Law ● International & Domestic Support ● Congressional War Authorization ● A broader purpose, a wider war? ● Military Factors ● Collateral Effects of War ● Cost Factors & Budget ● Alternatives to war ● General Background
Resource Compilations
Defense Budget Resources 2012
➪ HTML Project on Defense Alternatives Resource Compilation, 14 August 2012. A one-page compilation of PDA charts, articles, and reports on every aspect of the Pentagon spending controversy. Why do we spend so much? Is it necessary? What does it mean for debt, deficits, and the economy? How might we “reset defense” to ensure security, solvency, and economic revitalization?
Iraq War Withdrawal and Exit Plans
(HTML version) PDA Resource Compilation, updated 20 October 2008. Major plans by analysts and experts, positions of U.S. political leaders, and selected commentaries on exiting Iraq.
The Evolving India-U.S. Strategic Relationship
(HTML version) a PDA compilation edited by Bipasha Ray, updated 20 October 2008. Collection of links to articles, analyses, commentaries, official reports, congressional testimonies and lectures exploring the evolving strategic relationship between the U.S. and India.
Confronting Iran: Critical perspectives on the current crisis, its origins, and implications
(HTML version) a PDA compilation, updated 10 May 2008. Addresses the nuclear crisis and other aspects of the US-Iran conflict as well as strategic issues.
Defense Analysis Bulletin
(HTML version) by Bipasha Ray, an occasional series published in 2007 reviewing reports and articles pertaining to international security, terrorism, U.S. military and defense policy.
Mapping the Alternatives to the Neocon-Neoliberal Diarchy in US Security Policy
… A leadership roundtable sponsored by the Security Policy Working Group (SPWG), organized by the Project on Defense Alternatives
Background Readings, December 2006.
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Selected Major Terrorist Incidents Worldwide since the conclusion of Operation Enduring Freedom
(HTML version) Compiled by Carl Conetta and Melissa Murphy. PDA Briefing Memo #31, 07 January 2004.
Inspecting Iraq: A Record of the First 40 Days
(HTML version) compiled by the Project on Defense Alternatives, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 04 January 2003. With war and peace hanging in the balance, what evidence of prohibited weapons have UN inspectors found in Iraq? This compendium of press reports provides a thorough review of the UNMOVIC inspections through 4 January 2003.
Wider War on Terrorism — its construction in the first year
(HTML version) A chronicle of the war on terrorism from September 2001 through October 2002 with excerpts and links to key articles, documents, and commentary. Later we realized we had created a blog before we had heard of that form of Internet journalism.