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National Security Policy Proceedings
The fifth volume of the Center for Security Policy's National Security Policy Proceedings includes transcripts of remarks by Michelle Van Cleave, Jeff Kueter, Ted Bromund, Mackenzie Eaglen, Mark Groombridge, David Satter and Sarah Stern. It also includes book reviews by Gordon Chang, Clare M. Lopez and Tom Blau.
Islamist Terrorist Plots in Great Britain
Data on major Islamist terrorist plots in Britain reveal a physical and ideological terrorism pipeline between Britain and Pakistan. At least 27 of 87 convicted individuals were trained or sought training in Pakistan or Afghanistan. Homegrown Islamism is also a major threat: 18 individuals received terrorist training in Britain. Britain and the U.S. need to fight and win both the counterterrorism war and the broader war of ideas. This will require fighting Islamism both in Afghanistan and at home, continuing and expanding cooperation in intelligence and homeland security, and opposing the Lisbon Treaty and other European Union initiatives that would undermine Britain's ability to control its own borders.
Contracting Out in Defense
The problem with Britain's program of contracting out through the Private Finance Initiative is not that it involves the private sector. Nor is PFI a form of privatization, although that term is often wrongly applied to it. The problem with PFI is that the British government has used it for reasons unrelated to delivering value for money. The government wanted to spend more than it collected in taxes and was willing to borrow. It turned to PFI to square this circle. The solution is not to reject contracting out, but to restrict it to the areas for which it is best suited. The government should preserve competition within it, avoid using it for any purpose other than improving the quality of the services the government delivers, account for it honestly, and recognize that it requires strong and effective administration precisely because it involves the government as a contracting partner. Britain and the U.S. should each learn from the other's experience, carry out the necessary investigations, and reform their contracting out practices.
The United States Should Recognize British Sovereignty Over the Falkland Islands
In order to assert their inherent right to choose their own form of government, the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands will hold a referendum on March 10-11, 2013, to decide whether they wish to maintain their allegiance to Great Britain. Britain has administered the Islands peacefully and continuously since 1833, with the exception of the two months in 1982 when the Islands were invaded and illegally occupied by Argentine forces. The Obama Administration has backed Argentina's calls for a U.N.-brokered settlement for the Islands and so far has refused to recognize the outcome of the referendum. This policy poses serious risks to U.S. interests and is an insult both to Britain and to the rights of the Islanders.
The Biden Administration's Conventional Arms Transfer Policy Should Not be Handcuffed by the Arms Trade Treaty
The Biden Administration is reviewing its Conventional Arms Transfer Policy and is considering a new relationship with the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The ATT would take questions of policy associated with arms exports and transform them into matters of law, thus binding the U.S. to the ATT’s undefined standards. The ATT is a failure that aids dictatorships and serves only as a legal cudgel against democratic nations and the policies that its activist supporters dislike.
The Struggle Over European Integration in Great Britain, 1956-1963
Europe has always been a vexing proposition for Britain. The country sees itself as a regional power, yet national fervour is very strong. This book examines the ways in which the British government worked with and against influential organizations and individuals in order to manage domestic opposition to a closer association with the European Economic Community. Starting in the late 1950s, advocates of a closer British association with Europe began to compare it unfavourably with the continent, launching Britain on its slow and uncertain transition from an imperial to a European identity. Combining insightful analysis with a careful examination of government and private archives, the author illustrates the domestic ideas that continue to affect Britain's relationship with the rest of the EU.
The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty's Criteria for Transfers Pose Problems for the U.S.
The framework on which the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), currently being negotiated, is likely to be based is clear: It will set out criteria that signatories must apply to proposed arms transfers and require them to decide whether the proposed transfer poses a risk under any of those criteria. But these criteria are likely to be ill defined, and the ATT's 'checklist' model differs fundamentally from the 'guidance' model that the U.S. currently employs. Worst of all, the ATT will enumerate criteria that will be easy to expand in ways that the U.S. cannot control. If the ATT is to exist, it should be based on a commitment by willing and democratic signatories to develop effective systems of border and export control.
