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Aug 10th FLVCS Zoom Webinar
ZoomMeeting Notice Professor Mel Goodman to Speak When: Monday, Aug 10, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time Topic: FLVCS…
Virtual Discussion: The Role of the Whistleblower in U.S. Democracy
ZoomThe whistleblower is essential to congressional oversight, investigative journalism, and the public’s awareness of important national and international security issues. The speaker will address his own experiences as a whistleblower in testifying to the Senate intelligence committee in 1991 to block the confirmation of Robert Gates as Director of Central Intelligence. He will also discuss such whistleblowers as Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, the CIA whistleblower at the White House, and the recent case of Dr. Rick Bright at the Department of Health and Human Services. The lack of protection for whistleblowers in the intelligence community will also be assessed.
Donald Trump’s Pandemic: Implications for National Security Policy
Speaker: Mel Goodman Topic: Donald Trump’s Pandemic: Implications for National Security Policy. When: Monday, May 18, 2020 at 7:00 PM Where: ZOOM Webinar Please click the link below to join…
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Reagan’s Lessons: In and Out of Cold War
When two countries distrust each other as much as the United States and the Soviet Union did in the early 1980s, national security policy becomes militarized. There is no discussion of arms control and disarmament, and no discussion of confidence-building measures to improve bilateral relations. In 1984, there were no discussions between Moscow and Washington on any issue; forty years later we are confronting a similar scenario.
Biden’s Legacy: The Decline of Arms Control and Disarmament
The current discussion is dangerously reminiscent of the nuclear discussion of the 1950s, which was dominated by false notions of a vast Soviet superiority in deployed nuclear ballistic missiles, the so-called “missile gap,” as well as the so-called “bomber gap” regarding strategic aircraft.
