Heritage Foundation Leadership for America

PUBLICATIONS BY Ted R. Bromund

Commentary

• 2008

Research

• 2008

2008 Commentary

October 30, 2008
Obama may not be Bush, but he won't be what Europe expects
By Ted Bromund
In the presidential contest, Americans are leaning towards Barack Obama, but they remain divided. John McCain is the underdog – though as Churchill once remarked, every dog has his day, and some days last longer than others.

2008 Research

December 11, 2008
Britain's Armed Forces: Victorious Abroad, Imperiled at Home
By Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2166)
The British budget crisis threatens severe harm to Britain's armed forces and the strength of the NATO alliance. Britain and the United States must not allow the present crisis to induce them to make decisions that will hurt either nation, and thereby weaken the democratic world for decades to come.

November 18, 2008
British Defense Cuts Threaten the Anglo-American Special Relationship
By Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #2210)
The Blair and Brown governments have reduced British defense spending as a share of GDP to its lowest point since 1933. The forces are being ordered to do more with less. The U.S. should expand joint development and production deals with Britain to assist British efforts to rebuild its forces and to ward off European efforts to ensnare Britain in an enhanced ESDP.

November 18, 2008
Executive Summary: British Defense Cuts Threaten the Anglo-American Special Relationship
By Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #2210)
The Blair and Brown governments have reduced British defense spending as a share of GDP to its lowest point since 1933. The forces are being ordered to do more with less. The U.S. should expand joint development and production deals with Britain to assist British efforts to rebuild its forces and to ward off European efforts to ensnare Britain in an enhanced ESDP.

September 29, 2008
The Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties with the United Kingdom and Australia Advance the American Interest
By Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D
(WebMemo #2090)
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) announced last week that it was delaying consideration of bilateral defense trade cooperation treaties between the United States and the United Kingdom, and between the U.S. and Australia. The SFRC and the Administration must work together to resolve the concerns that led to this delay, and the SFRC must give early consideration to both treaties.