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The Blame America First Syndrome

By Peter Huessy – June 09, 2026

When Ambassador Jean Kirkpatrick explained in 1984 that America’s severest foreign policy critics “always blame America first” she identified a narrative that continues some four decades later. There was and continues to be a reflexive anti-American bias in much of the criticism of President Reagan’s security policy. This enables critics to avoid serious reflection as to the seriousness of security threats…

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Peter Huessy discusses US plans to deploy nuclear-capable F-35s in Europe to counter Russian threats. He explains Russia‘s “escalate to win” doctrine involving low-yield battlefield nukes for “surgical” strikes. Huessy warns that Russiapossesses thousands of non-strategic weapons, far exceeding current NATO theater capabilities and its lack of transparent weaponry numbers. (15)

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Host of Huessy Seminars, Mr. Peter Huessy is President of his own defense consulting firm, Geostrategic Analysis, founded in 1981, and from 2021-3, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute. From 1981-1992, he was also the National Security Fellow at the AFPC, IFPA and JINSA. He was then the senior defense consultant at the National Defense University Foundation for 22 years during which he hosted over 750 national security seminars and public policy events. And from 2013-2021 he directed similar public policy outreach with the Air Force Association on nuclear, missile defense and space policy.

Mr. Huessy has served as an expert defense and national security analyst for over 50 years, helping his clients cover congressional activities, arms control group efforts, nuclear armed states actions, and US administration nuclear related policy, budgets, and strategies, while monitoring budget and policy developments on nuclear deterrence, ICBM modernization, missile defense, space, nuclear arms control, and overall nuclear modernization.

He also analyzes the nuclear activities of North Korea, China, and Iran. This also includes monitoring activities of think tanks, non-governmental organizations, and other US government departments, as well as projecting future actions of Congress in this area. His specialty is developing and implementing public policy campaigns to secure support for important national security objectives. And analyzing nuclear related technology and its impact on public policy, including a study of which he prepared for the Aerospace Corporation in 2019. He contributed to a NIDS nuclear policy book in 2023, and for over 40 years has authored a weekly nuclear report “The ICBM Ear.”