National and International Security

James Woolsey and the CIA: The Aldrich Ames Spy Case

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

When Washington attorney and longtime Capitol Hill staff member James Woolsey became director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1993, he inherited a bombshell that would soon become public. A joint CIA-FBI investigation had found that...

Tailhook: The Navy Response (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 1, 1995

The notorious Tailhook affair, the 1991 gathering of Navy pilots in Las Vegas which was marked by the harassment of female officers by drunken airmen, is well-known for its brazen assaults. Drunken convention-goers grabbed at women as they...

Tailhook: The Navy Response (B)

Publication Date: January 1, 1995

The notorious Tailhook affair, the 1991 gathering of Navy pilots in Las Vegas which was marked by the harassment of female officers by drunken airmen, is well-known for its brazen assaults. Drunken convention-goers grabbed at women as they...

Tailhook: The Navy Response (A)

Publication Date: January 1, 1995

The notorious Tailhook affair, the 1991 gathering of Navy pilots in Las Vegas which was marked by the harassment of female officers by drunken airmen, is well-known for its brazen assaults. Drunken convention-goers grabbed at women as they...

CIA and the Fall of the Soviet Empire: The Politics of "Getting it Right"

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

The abrupt disintegration in 1991 of the Soviet Union leads to accusations that the United States intelligence apparatus--the Central Intelligence Agency, in particular--had failed in its primary mission: to correctly assess the political,...

The Gulf Crisis: Building a Coalition for War

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

The Gulf War--the US led effort to oust Iraq's armed forces from neighboring, oil-rich Kuwait--may be best remembered for the sheer effectiveness of the tactics and power which achieved the US military objectives in short order. But between the...

Policing Northern Ireland: A Question of Balance (B)

Publication Date: January 1, 1993

How can normal social order be kept in a country racked by political disorder? This case describes the extreme difficulties faced by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland as it struggles to define its role in a society divided by...

Policing Northern Ireland: A Question of Primacy (A)

Publication Date: January 1, 1993

How can normal social order be kept in a country racked by political disorder? This case describes the extreme difficulties faced by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland as it struggles to define its role in a society divided by...

Preventing Pollution in Massachusetts: The Blackstone Project (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

This case examines the origins and follows the implementation of a radical restructuring of the way the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection conducts inspections of industrial facilities. Specifically, it tells the story of a...

Preventing Pollution in Massachusetts: The Blackstone Project

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

This case examines the origins and follows the implementation of a radical restructuring of the way the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection conducts inspections of industrial facilities. Specifically, it tells the story of a...

Sanctions against Toshiba: The Aftermath of a Scandal

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

The 1988 revelation that a subsidiary of the Japanese electronics firm Toshiba had supplied sensitive military hardware to the Soviet Union posed a surprisingly complex diplomatic problem for the Reagan administration. Although it had long been...

What the Market Will Bear: The CIA and the International Debt Crisis

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

When the inability of developing countries to repay vastly expanding debt threatens, in the early 1980s, to undermine the world financial order, CIA analysts were among the first to try to spread the alarm. Officials at other agencies, notably...