William D. Hartung

William D. Hartung, the director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation, is the author of How Much Are You Making on the War Daddy?--A Quick and Dirty Guide to War Profiteering in the Bush Administration (Nation Books) and a contributor to Sean Costigan and David Gold, editors, Terrornomics (Ashgate Press).

Currently

  • Avoiding the Toughness Trap

    November 1, 2007

    Candidates should rethink their commitment to outmoded security tools and veiled nuclear threats against nonnuclear states.

  • Exporting Instability

    August 23, 2007

    Mideast stability can't be promoted with arms any more than democracy can be imposed through the barrel of a gun.

2006

  • Needed: A New Security Plan

    October 12, 2006

    The failure of Bush's foreign policy should open the way for Democrats to present substantial alternatives and rethink what makes us safe. Sadly, that is not happening.

  • Where's 'Real Security'?

    April 9, 2006 Subscribe

    Instead of parroting the Republicans' "tough" approach to national security, Democratic candidates should distinguish themselves from the Bush Administration by, for starters, setting a date for withdrawal from Iraq.

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