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National Security Programs

Under the direction of  Peter W. Rodman, the National Security Program pursued a program of research on key strategic problems in global U.S. foreign policy. These issues included NATO enlargement (including in the context of U.S.-Russia relations); the growing strategic challenge of China; U.S.-European relations; and a variety of Middle East issues such as Gulf security and Arab-Israeli diplomacy.

Each year, Mr. Rodman wrote a strategic assessment focusing on a key issue in U.S. national security policy. The latest installment, published in June 2000, is Uneasy Giant: The Challenges to American Predominance.  Past publications include America Adrift: A Strategic Assessment (1996); Broken Triangle: China, Russia, and America After 25 Years (1997); Between Friendship and Rivalry: China and America in the 21st Century (1998); and Drifting Apart? Trends in U.S.-European Relations (1999).

The Program also maintained a National Security Study Group, chaired by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, which examined topical issues in U.S. foreign policy. Speakers included President Nixon -- at the inaugural session -- as well as former CIA Director Robert Gates, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer, and retired NATO Commander General George Joulwan.

On July 12, 2001, the Senate confirmed Mr. Rodman as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.  He will manage the Defense Department's ties with foreign nations and participate in the interagency process of policy formulation.

The Nixon Center is currently reorganizing its National Security Program.  Information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.