Joe Aldy and the 25-Page Gambit to Sway Beijing
Kept under 'close hold' status, a secret 1999 strategy attempted to leverage China's economic fears to force a global climate deal before the turn of the millennium.
By Eleanor Voss ·
Clinton administration
Boris Yeltsin's Nuclear Surrender and a Tokyo Cable's Hidden Price
Russia traded its nuclear leverage for vague promises of cooperation while Boris Yeltsin dismissed a domestic crisis that threatened his grip on power, a transactional asymmetry hidden in a 1993 cable.
By Eleanor Voss ·
Manfred Woerner and the 1993 Price Tag for Eastern Europe
For years, the record of NATO's early expansion effort hid a fundamental contradiction: the private promises made to Moscow and the public push for membership in the East.
By Vera Kessler ·
Todd Stern and the 1998 Plan to Bypass the EPA
Kept internal for years, a February 1998 memorandum outlines a scheme to strip agency autonomy and hand climate control to a small circle of political operatives.
By Constance Bell ·
William Perry and the Redacted Terms of the 1999 Pyongyang Gamble
The Clinton administration offered to accept the legitimacy of a nuclear-armed regime in a deal kept secret for years, only to be rebuffed by a North Korea that viewed deference as weakness.
By Roy Castellano ·
William Perry and the 1999 Attempt to Trade Sovereignty for Nukes
A 1999 cable kept secret for decades describes a high-stakes gamble to neutralize North Korea's nuclear program by treating China as a tool for leverage while sidelining South Korean interests.
By Roy Castellano ·
Todd Stern and the 1999 Calculation to Stall Kyoto
The Global South was treated as a hurdle to be cleared while a White House strategy shifted toward voluntary targets, a move kept from the public for years.
By Marcus Boone ·
Pentagon’s Secret Seat at the 1998 Climate Table
Military officials embedded themselves in the Clinton administration's climate research to map strategic vulnerabilities while the public was fed sanitized talking points.
By June Hargrove ·
General Wiranto and the 1999 Deal to Ignore Militia Massacres
The Clinton administration chose to ignore "overwhelming" evidence of military-led atrocities in East Timor to secure a security pact with General Wiranto.
By Desmond Okafor ·
60 Senators Joined Robert Byrd to Derail Kyoto Climate Deal
Coal lobbies and 60 senators pressured the White House to walk away from Kyoto after developing nations rejected a mandate for binding emissions targets by 2005.
By June Hargrove ·
Clinton commission mapped US energy and banking fragility in 1997
US banking and energy networks were mapped as targets in 1997, while current EPA talking points on how to manage those vulnerabilities remain fully redacted.
By Miriam Adler ·
James Inhofe and Lawmakers Sue to Gag Climate Scientists
The American public was kept as uninformed participants in a planetary collapse while lawmakers sued to gag scientists and the Clinton administration fought for the Kyoto Protocol.
By Miriam Adler ·