Dennis M Gormley
Biographic Data
| ID | 5905305 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dennis M Gormley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dennis M |
| FAMILY NAME | Gormley |
| SIGNATURE | GORMLEY D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Blue Ridge Research and Consulting (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Missile Contagion
Since 2005 an astonishing number of new missile-development programmes have appeared in the Middle East, South Asia and Northeast Asia. The surprising fact is that land-attack cruise missiles, not ballistic missiles, constitute the primary problem, yet ballistic missiles, and defences against them, command virtually the exclusive attention of decision-makers. Perversely, the United States’ quest to sell ballistic-missile defences may be hastening…
Securing nuclear obsolescence
Except as a weapon of last resort, nuclear weapons have no legitimate or compelling military role to play in any conceivable US national security challenge. Yet some policymakers still cling to modernised nuclear weapons for specific tasks in ensuring American security. Since at least 1991, US security has depended almost exclusively on increasingly capable conventional weapons, as effective as nuclear weapons for attacking the most difficult tar…
The Limits of Intelligence
In allocating blame for the intelligence failure over Iraq, critics of the Bush administration focus on former CIA Director George Tenet's bending to White House pressure or the administration's mishandling of intelligence. Supporters of the president downplay White House responsibility and focus instead on the failings of the intelligence community and the possible need for structural reforms. Neither side has it completely wrong - or right. The…
The Limits of Intelligence
Missile Defence Myopia
Additional informationNotes on contributorsDennis M. GormleyDennis M. Gormley is a Senior Fellow in the Washington DC office of the Monterey Institute's Center for Nonproliferation Studies and an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh
Enriching expectations
Facing nuclear and conventional reality
Soviet views on escalation
The direction and pace of Soviet force projection capabilities
The direction and pace of Soviet force projection capabilities
Securing nuclear obsolescence
Except as a weapon of last resort, nuclear weapons have no legitimate or compelling military role to play in any conceivable US national security challenge. Yet some policymakers still cling to modernised nuclear weapons for specific tasks in ensuring American security. Since at least 1991, US security has depended almost exclusively on increasingly capable conventional weapons, as effective as nuclear weapons for attacking the most difficult tar…
Missile Contagion
Since 2005 an astonishing number of new missile-development programmes have appeared in the Middle East, South Asia and Northeast Asia. The surprising fact is that land-attack cruise missiles, not ballistic missiles, constitute the primary problem, yet ballistic missiles, and defences against them, command virtually the exclusive attention of decision-makers. Perversely, the United States’ quest to sell ballistic-missile defences may be hastening…
The Limits of Intelligence
The direction and pace of Soviet force projection capabilities
Soviet views on escalation
Facing nuclear and conventional reality
Enriching expectations
Missile Defence Myopia
Additional informationNotes on contributorsDennis M. GormleyDennis M. Gormley is a Senior Fellow in the Washington DC office of the Monterey Institute's Center for Nonproliferation Studies and an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh
The Limits of Intelligence
In allocating blame for the intelligence failure over Iraq, critics of the Bush administration focus on former CIA Director George Tenet's bending to White House pressure or the administration's mishandling of intelligence. Supporters of the president downplay White House responsibility and focus instead on the failings of the intelligence community and the possible need for structural reforms. Neither side has it completely wrong - or right. The…
The Limits of Intelligence
Securing nuclear obsolescence
Except as a weapon of last resort, nuclear weapons have no legitimate or compelling military role to play in any conceivable US national security challenge. Yet some policymakers still cling to modernised nuclear weapons for specific tasks in ensuring American security. Since at least 1991, US security has depended almost exclusively on increasingly capable conventional weapons, as effective as nuclear weapons for attacking the most difficult tar…
Missile Contagion
Since 2005 an astonishing number of new missile-development programmes have appeared in the Middle East, South Asia and Northeast Asia. The surprising fact is that land-attack cruise missiles, not ballistic missiles, constitute the primary problem, yet ballistic missiles, and defences against them, command virtually the exclusive attention of decision-makers. Perversely, the United States’ quest to sell ballistic-missile defences may be hastening…
Political science (8 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Aeronautics (3 works) · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (3 works) · Missile (3 works) · Aerospace Engineering (2 works) · Aerospace Engineering (2 works)